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2016 Activities
El Cerrito 4th of July Celebration, July 2016
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Sold seedlings to raise funds, gave away information about growing edibles.
Hillside Fest, May 15, 2016
Staffed a table at the Hillside Natural Area trailhead near Memorial Grove, and gave away California native plant seedlings and seeds, including narrow leaf milkweed seedlings for Monarch butterflies, as well as information about landscaping with native plants.
El Cerrito City Wide Garage Sale, May 21, 2016
Sold seedlings (as well as more conventional garage sale items) to raise funds. Also give away free seeds and general information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito Earth Day, April 16, 2016
Staffed a table at the noon-time celebration at the Community Center -- we gave away more than 100 veggie seedlings as well as seeds and general gardening information.
Fog Belt Tomato Summit, March 19, 2016
Held a 'summit' at the El Cerrito Library to discover what tomato varieties gardeners in El Cerrito grow that are successful in our foggy summer climate.
Participated in Volunteer Work Days at Dorothy Rosenberg Memorial Park
Helped found the Friends of Dorothy Rosenberg Memorial Park and participated in work days at the park in order to qualify for Fire Mitigation grants the City applied for to clear brush from the site.
Attended East Bay Local Seeds meetingsBecause we now sponsor two seed libraries in El Cerrito, we attended the meetings of the East Bay Local Seeds organization, a collaborative of 'seed libraries, farmers, urban ag folks, master gardeners, and home gardeners working to save and share quality locally grown seed with the community through the seed libraries located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area'.
Maintained Seed Libraries at the El Cerrito Recycling Center and the El Cerrito Public LibraryKept the two seed libraries stocked with seeds, including seeds received from local gardeners at the Veb Mob
Sponsored Veg Mob June through OctoberHeld the weekly Veg Mob Vegetable Swap at the south end of Fairmont Park.
2015 Activities
El Cerrito 4th of July Celebration, July 2015
Sold seedlings to raise funds, gave away information about growing edibles.
Hillside Fest, May 17, 2015
Staffed a table at the Hillside Natural Area trailhead near Memorial Grove, and gave away California native plant seedlings and seeds, including 400 narrow leaf milkweed seedlings for Monarch butterflies, as well as information about landscaping with native plants.
El Cerrito City Wide Garage Sale, May 2015
Sold seedlings (as well as more conventional garage sale items) to raise funds. Also give away free seeds and general information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito Earth Day, April 18, 2015
Staffed a table at the noon-time celebration at the Community Center -- we gave away more than 100 veggie seedlings as well as seeds and general gardening information.
Presented Monthly Gardening workshops, April - November
El Cerrito City Wide Garage Sale, May 2015
Sold seedlings (as well as more conventional garage sale items) to raise funds. Also give away free seeds and general information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito Earth Day, April 18, 2015
Staffed a table at the noon-time celebration at the Community Center -- we gave away more than 100 veggie seedlings as well as seeds and general gardening information.
Presented Monthly Gardening workshops, April - November
We presented monthly gardening workshops, with a classroom section in the El Cerrito Library, followed by a hands on session in the Community Garden. Here is a link to the presentation material.
- April 25, 2015: Gardening in El Cerrito
- May 23, 2015: Starting plants from seeds
- June 27, 2015: Organic gardening principles
- July 25, 2015: Soil Building
- September 26, 2015: Harvesting and Cooking from the Garden
- October 24, 2015: Winter Gardens and Seed Saving
- November 28, 2015: Fruit trees and bushes
Member, El Cerrito Urban Greening Task Force
The El Cerrito Community Garden Network was a member of the El Cerrito Urban Greening Task Force. The final El Cerrito Urban Greening Plan was adopted by the City Council on December 15, 2015. Click here to go to the City's Urban Greening website, with a link to the Urban Greening Plan. There are many mentions of Urban Agriculture in the plan, and Fairmont Park, including the Community Garden, was one of the 4 pilot projects included in the plan.
Added a Seed Library to the El Cerrito Public Library on Stockton Avenue
Added a second seed library in El Cerrito in the El Cerrito Public Library on Stockton Avenue.
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Held the weekly Veg Mob Vegetable Swap at the south end of Fairmont Park.
2014 Activities
El Cerrito 4thof July Celebration, July2014
Sold seedlingsto raise funds, gave away information about growing edibles.
OhloneGreenway Fun Day, May31, 2014
The garden at Fairmont Park was a point of interest' forthe event. We gave away seedlings, seeds, gardening information.
Hillside Fest, May 17, 2014
Staffed atable at the Hillside Natural Area trailhead near Memorial Grove, and gave away Californianative plant seedlings and seeds, including 400 narrow leaf milkweed seedlings for Monarch butterflies, as well as information about landscaping withnative plants.
El Cerrito City Wide Garage Sale,May 3, 2014
Sell seedlings(as well as more conventional garage sale items) to raise funds. Also give awayfree seeds and general information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito Earth Day,April 26, 2014
oGeneral work at the garden in the morning, including adding 5small wine barrel planters and seeding them with chives, radishes, and beets.Repair of the 'wattle' beds and the deer netting as needed. Added wood chips tovarious areas in the garden.
oStaffed a table at the noon-time celebration at the CommunityCenter -- we gave away more than 100 veggie seedlings as well as seeds (see'Seeds of Cerrito' below) and general gardening information.
'Seedsof Cerrito' Seed Library, April 26, 2014
The 'Seeds of Cerrito' seed library debuted at the El Cerrito Earth DayCelebration at noon at the Community Center. The seed table was mobbed thewhole time we were there ! In the afternoon we moved the library, whichconsists of a 4-card library card catalog full of seeds, to the El Cerrito Recycling Center.Our philosophy is to get seeds to anyone in El Cerrito who wants them. We are alsoplanning to encourage school garden teachers to use the seed library. Here is aweb page describing the seed library:
Participationin UC Berkeley Urban Agroecology Project, Spring 2014
We are part of a UC Berkeley Agroecology project that is working withurban farms and gardens in the East by to be part of an urban farms survey. Theobjective is to determine urban farmers concerns and problems in order to findout how the UC Agroecology Program can help.
SeedlingGiveaway, CHAA Health and Wellness Fair, Richmond,March 22, 2014.
Gave away over 80 seedlings (vegetables, herbs and Californianative plants) as part of the CHAA booth at the Health and Wellness Fair in Richmond.
SeedlingContributions to CHAA Community Garden in Oakland, through out the year
SeedlingContributions to CHAA Health Classes, through out the year
SeedlingProduction for Early Childhood Centers, Oakland Schools, Spring 2014
Providedseedlings (February and March) for 18 pre-school gardens in Oakland,as part of the Early Childhood Centers of the Oakland Unified School District
Sponsored Veg Mob June through October
Held the weekly Veg Mob Vegetable Swap at the south end of Fairmont Park.
2013 Activities
SeedlingGiveaways, throughout the year
Throughout theyear, as we had extra seedlings (from plant sales and giveaway events) we gavethem away to school gardens (working with the Growing West Contra Costa schoolgarden coalition) and home gardeners (through our own network as well as the El Cerrito and RichmondGarden Clubs). Several hundred seedlings were given away during the course ofthe year.
StudentInterns, UC Berkeley AgroEcology Class, Fall, 2013
4UC students chose the Fairmont Community Gardenas their project for an Agroecology Class taught by Miguel Altieri. They grewvegetable starts (based on requests from Tsering, our Tibetan gardencoordinator), planted them, and helped with garden watering through the fall.They also made signs for the different crops in the garden. It was a rewardingexperience for them to learn about the Tibetan culture through the plants theywere growing for the Tibetan residents.
Alberrito Street Play, Sept 29, 2013
We had a tableat this event, and gave away our remaining seedlings and seeds, as well ashandouts about growing fruits and veggies in El Cerrito
Participationin Urban Agriculture Research Project, Gill Tract, UC Berkeley / Albany,Aug – Nov, 2013
oECCGNmembers participated in a community-based urban agriculture project with MiguelAltieri, professor at UC Berkeley, on the Gill Tract land which belongs to UCBerkeley.
oOna 20' x 60' plot, grew over 400 pounds of produce, which was primarilydelivered to the food kitchen of the Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond, CA.
SeedlingProduction for Early Childhood Centers, Oakland Schools, Summer – Fall, 2013
Provided over 1,300seedlings through the summer and fall for 18 pre-school gardens in Oakland, as part of the Early Childhood Centers of the Oakland Unified School District.
AmericanCancer Society Relay For Life, Care Giver Corner, El Cerrito, July 20-21
Provided 50+ tomatoplants as well as herb plants to give to cancer patient care givers for the ElCerrito Relay for Life event
El Cerrito 4thof July Celebration, July2013
Sold seedlingsto raise funds, gave away information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito City Wide Garage Sale,May 11, 2013
Sold seedlings(as well as more conventional garage sale items) to raise funds. Also gave awayfree seeds and general information about growing edibles.
El Cerrito Earth Day,April 20, 2013
oBuilt 4 more garden beds (4' x 20' each) at Fairmont Park.Working with Community Healthy for Aisan Americans (CHAA), a non-profit thatassists Tibetan and other Aisan refugees acclimate to life in the U.S.,these new beds have been used this year primarily by a group of El CerritoTibetan residents, enabling them to have a connection to the land and growculturally familiar vegetables. CHAA believes that garden space in a communityenvironment significantly improves the mental health of refugees. In additionto the Tibetan gardeners, produce is routinely given to neighbors passingthrough the garden.
oStaffed a table at the noon-time celebration at the CommunityCenter -- we gave away more than 100 veggie seedlings as well as seed packetsand general gardening information
Sponsored Veg Mob June through October
Held the weekly Veg Mob Vegetable Swap at the south end of Fairmont Park.
June 9, 2013
The veggies in the garden are growing very well. We have harvested one yield of Bok Choi and the 2nd round is blooming -- we are letting it flower so we can collect the seed and are feeding the local honeybees in the process. We have potatoes in 2 of the wine barrels, and LOTS of tomatoes. Plus some bunching onions, a few strawberries, beans just starting to flower and produce beans, cilantro, and kale (2nd cutting). We also have raspberries and fig trees in the barrels.
And we just put out the rest of the barrels (so now we have a total of 20 !) so soon we will be planting those with blueberries and other berries, as well as other plants.
We have also had 2 plant giveaways (mostly tomatoes, we started way too many) in the past month, and have met lots of gardeners in the process.
| Overview of the garden from the bottom of the hill | Overview of the garden from the top of the hill | Our tiny crop of wheat is almost ready to harvest !! |
| California native plants in the box in the foreground | We are letting the bok choi bloom so we can eventually collect the seed, and we are feeding the local honeybees ! | Tomatoes |
| Tomatoes and more tomatoes | Tomatoes in the foreground, blooming bok choi in the background | Barrels with potatoes, raspberries and a fig tree |
tomatoes in the background | Close up of potatoes in the wine barrel -- they are very robust ! | and beans are starting to form ! |
April 26, 2013
The Pop-up Garden Project that we installed for Earth Day 2013 on April 22 as part of the El Cerrito Earth Day Celebration made the front page of The Journal newspaper ! There is a photo of everyone working on the raised beds. Page 2 (below) mentions our seedling giveaway during lunch at the Community Center !!!
September 25, 2012
The El Cerrito Community Garden Network is now an official project of the non-profit organization Berkeley Partners for Parks. Our focus now is to form a Steering Committee, and start to do some serious fund raising in order to design and construct the community garden project in Fairmont Park.
In the garden, the plants are winding down for the year. In the native plant box, the main bloomer, which attracts a large variety of insects, is the Rosy Red Yarrow (Achillea millefolium var. rubra), a native of the California Channel Islands. In the herb box, I cut back the Angelica and the nasturtiums (which have bloomed gracefully all summer). The thymes and sages are still doing well. The Pipestem Clematis (Clematis lasiantha) is climbing up both posts -- hopefully next spring it will bloom. It is a native from the Bay Area south to Baja, Mexico, extending west to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
June 24, 2012:
Watering at the garden today: several ladybugs, including voracious larvae; several yellow faced bumble bees rolling around in the poppies; a hummingbird working the blooming sage that Martha Colburn donated to the garden. Lots of activity ! Clarkias are blooming nicely.
June 21, 2012:
Happy Solstice !The native box is blooming like crazy -- yellow lupine, poppies, clarkia, blue-eyed grass. Lots of bumble bees (mostly Yellow faced bumble bees) in the poppies, several ladybugs in various stages (larvae, newly emerged adults, more mature adults).
In the herb box, the nasturtiums are taking over a bit -- I keep trimming them back so they don't crowd everything out.
Here are some photos
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While watering the garden today, I noticed two ladybug larvae, one in the herb box and one in the California native plants box. Here are a few ladybug web references:
- The Biogeography of the Convergent Ladybird Beetle (Hippodamia convergens) -- SF State
- Convergent lady beetle -- UC Agriculture and Natural Resources -- IPM Online (good photos of all stages)
The Dill and the Mustard are both starting to bolt (bloom). I think it will be worth letting them go to seed in order to collect the seeds and give them away to fellow gardeners.
The yellow lupine is starting to bloom -- the deer haven't found it yet. But they have found the Clarkia, although there are still going to be some blooms, even with the deer pruning.
2012 Activities
- Made 50 flowering potted plants to give to cancer patient care givers for the El Cerrito Relay for Life event
- Shared a table with the Environmental Quality Committee, gave away 100+ vegetable seedlings, handed out information about gardening in general and the community garden in particular.
- Made 300 seed packets (purple pod beans, salad mix, rainbow chard) and put them in the Bike To Work bags that were handed out. Our name and Website URL were on the seed packets.
- We had a table at this event, and gave away our remaining seedlings and seeds, as well as handouts about growing fruits and veggies in El Cerrito
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- We built the 2 garden boxes at Fairmont Park
- We had a table at the noon-time celebration at the Community Center -- we gave out approx 100 veggie seedlings as well as seed packets
2011 Activities
- Shared a table with the Environmental Quality Committee, handed out information about gardening in general and the community garden in particular.
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El Cerrito Earth Day, April 2011- We had a table at the noon-time celebration at the Community Center -- we gave out 100+ veggie seedlings as well as seeds
