Verde Partnership Garden update: This week we had @littleexplorerspettingzoo come to the garden where students got a chance to meet some friendly farm animals. For many students this was their […]
Verde Partnership Garden update: We have been busy building garden beds and prepping our summer crops. Students are enjoying the warmth and appreciating any shade available. Many of our fruits […]
Lots of fun and leafy greens at the garden. Students have been spending time planting fall crops: rainbow chard, dinosaur kale, and cauliflower, among others. They have also been busy […]
This week we hosted a Free Breakfast celebrating Black History Month and the legacy of the Black Panther Party in different cities, even Richmond! Students enjoyed warm wheat pancakes, fresh […]
Recently, a lot more kids have been taking advantage of the garden to hang out during breaks and help us out with some garden tasks, which we’re really grateful for […]
Last week, we took a tour of the Verde garden with our resident doctor for the month, to learn about the team’s plan for the next few weeks and how […]
Help Verde Elementary Garden BLOOM! We’re calling upon our community to help us raise $30,000 to fund Verde Elementary Partnership Garden. With the funds we raise from this year’s Oakland […]
Verde Partnership Garden youth have been learning about animal and plant science and helping the education team plant roots and greens. K-3rd are studying CA native ecosystems and the animals […]
Youth are on break this week so our team has been doing a lot of infrastructure work & garden maintenance. The Richmond High team has been helping at the Verde […]
School Gardens Apprentices this week learned about what soil is made of and Richmond’s soil composition. Then we learned about seeds and their relationship with soil. We seeded corn, cayenne […]
