Search Results for: Organic
Garden: Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden at the De Young
The outdoor environment of the museum is as important to the project as the interior of the buildings. The gardens feature the Barbro Osher Sculpture Garden and terrace (35,000ft²), situated beneath a cantilevered roof, and the George and Judy Marcus Children's garden of enchantment (47,500ft²).
The landscaping provides an organic link between the building and the surrounding environment on all four sides and incorporates features from the old museum.
Redwood, cypress, eucalyptus, ferns and other native and non-native plants have been planted both inside and outside the museum to emphasize the sense of blending the park and museum together. There are 5.12 acres of new landscape with 344 new trees planted; 48 trees were planted inside building. The Pool of Enchantment had 69 of its historic boulders returned and seven new turtle sunning rocks were provided. (Source: Design Build Network)
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Posies and Pies
A tiny organic patio garden full of edible flowers, herbs and vegetables. The trailing ground veggies live in hanging baskets and I am training them to hang off the eves. The plants also provide shade for my apartment in the hot sun.
Garden: Churchill Community Garden
The Churchill community garden serves three purposes: school garden, community garden, and food bank garden. Churchill is the collaborative brainchild of several organizations in Eugene. The school district owns the land and provides wate; the Churchill Area Neighbors and the City of Eugene helped start the garden in 2001; and FOOD for lane county, the local food bank; manages the 1 acre garden, coordinates the 58 plots and gather together the volunteers to collect the beautiful, organic produce they grow. It's a beautiful thing.
Garden: Fairview Christian Church Garden
Fairview Church Garden was on the Kansas City Urban Farms and Gardens tour for 2009, July 28! We are a community vegetable garden(using organic practices), Youth Garden 50 x 50, supported by the Missouri Extension office and Missouri Master gardeners, some raised bed areas with flowers and vegetables, 4 plots for local gardeners, roughly 20 x 20 with main garden about 340 x 40, growing tomatoes, mostly hierlooms, (cherokee purple, amana orange, carolina gold). We also have Peppers(bells, jalapenos, anahiems, cherrys), Eggplant, Kale, Swiss Chard, Corn, Potatoes(purples, pontiac, klondike), Greenbeans, Squash, Cucumblers, Okra(burgandy), Kohlrabi, Broccoli, Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Beets, Onions, and Garlic. Whewwww.... we have a few herbs...Dill, Chives, Parsley, Basil(green, christmas, red) Horseradish, Mint(chocolate and apple), lastly Borage. Flowers such as marigolds, zinnias, petunias, and nasturtium.
Garden: Coming Attractions
Our new garden is a large front and backyard with many rose bushes and grass. I am hoping to plant a small vegetable garden and a kid-friendly area so I can teach my kids how to garden. I plan to stay as organic as possible. The main problem is the weird and wacky weather - apparently we sit at the windy edge of a ferocious fog bank (see photo). It's sunny, except when we get engulfed by the fog. The fog bank is present through most of the year.
Garden: The People's Portable Garden
The Wasatch Community Garden in Salt Lake City is responsible for creating the People's Community Garden. As a portable garden, this community plot has been set up in a way that it can be easily moved. Once the community has gotten together, learned how to grow delicious organic produce, the People's Community garden can be moved to another neighborhood where they might still be in the dark about the art of gardening.
Garden: little slice of heaven
A first time gardener at best. Who knew gardening could be such a joy. My little slice of heaven aka plot is located in a community garden and measures 10' x 20'. Its strictly organic, I swear by sea soil and fish fertilizer.
Garden: 7th Street Garden
This garden is founded and managed by the Jefferson Community Cooperation Extension Service. It grows organic produce. The 7th Street Garden started off as an empty lot, weedy and neglected, and has since blossomed into a useful, productive garden.
Garden: Arcadia
This four-and-one-half-acre garden is set in the midst of surrounding forest. Within the garden many micro-climates exist. More than 250 rhododendrons set the stage for complimentary plantings in both the shade garden and sunnier beds. The summer garden is a drought-tolerant collection of perennials shrubs and trees. Meandering woodland paths connect the 100% organic garden beds, providing a serene walk and a sense of spacious tranquility.
Information taken from: http://gardenconservancy.org/opendays/gardens.pl?ID=23&IDEvent=260&SortBy=&State=
Garden: Tilthy Rich
A San Francisco backyard changing into an organic vegetable, herb, and flower garden. With a compost pile and worm compost bins to boot!
Garden: My American Garden
This is an organic container kitchen garden in the heart of an industrial neighborhood. The Gowanus Canal right by my house has been nominated for priority Superfund status, so lately, I've been dealing with issues about soil toxicity and what that means for my compost, my greens, and what I should and shouldn't eat.
More at: http://precisionaccidents.com
Garden: just-sing-it gardens
I have been transforming a long neglected property into gardens over the last 3 years. I now have a small pond and very little grass left. Alot of perennials, some vegetables, and fruiting shrubs: raspberries, boysenberries, and a full size mulberry tree that is driving me crazy: what a mess! But the berries are delicious and the birds love it. Still needs refining, better fencing, etc. I use no chemicals: organic methods only.
Garden: Gaia Grows
I've a small nursery runniing from my home, where I grow organic vegetables, Herbs and medicinal plants. Its my passion and my pleasure.
Garden: our haven..st.polycarpe quebec
moving from b.c.(5 years ago) i had to learn and still learning about q.c. gardening!!!
we started this garden from NOTHING.our first winter we walked over the new seadlings wich were everywhere in the house...and then it was just hard work to make a flat farm surrounded by organic fields into a cosy backyard...stillin the process..but loving it.
mimi
Garden: My little corner of peace.
My garden is a mixture. The vegetables are grown in raised beds throughout the backyard with full to partial sun. I also have edged the garden with fruit trees, grapes and arctic kiwi, and I have a shade perennial garden that is fairly natural woodland. I mix wild strawberries in amongst the perennials and try to make my garden bird friendly. It is a totally organic garden complete with waterfall, stream and pond. We plan to add the mediterranean feel with stone pizza/bread oven and deck surrounded by herbs. My latest addition is the start of a butterfly/hummingbird garden.
Garden: The Yarden
In 2006 we bought a "yard with a house attached to it" and in 2007 our Yarden was installed and growing. We now have 1700 square feet of organic raised beds, espalier fruit trees and various other interesting edible things. This is season three and this magical space has become a hub for parties, classes and community activity. Gardening really builds friendships! People are amazed when we share with them how to plant things, the importance of seed diversity or the simple joy of cooking what you grow. Every year we have more and more volunteers who join us for our planting party Memorial Day weekend and hang around through the season to see "their" plants growing. It has been a great experience. We will be teaching classes in the winter/spring of 2010 so others in Chicago can learn from our mistakes (ha!) and have their own back or front yard oasis. Check out our blog at theyarden.com or via our fan page on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. We are on a Yarden journey - join us!
Garden: Organic Gardening in Nebraksa
My twin granddaughters and I have started an organic garden this year. This land has never been turned or nor has there ever been any chemicals on it. It has been a challenge to say the least. Nebraska is known for grasshoppers but we did pretty good. We canned over 200 quarts of food so we should be set for winter. By the way the granddaughters are 4 and it was their idea to plant a garden.
Garden: A watermill garden
A field which is slowly becoming an organic veg garden, pond coming soon. Compost area, and flower borders and lots of nettles
Garden: Heverin Garden
Vegetable Garden with raised beds containing organic material/soil, growing herbs, root and other vegetables from seed. Hoping to expand in size next year to introduce more varieties of vegetables and fruit plants/trees.
Garden: Tiny square foot garden
3 square foot plots 4 x 4 each. Soil is a mix of vermiculite, organic compost and peat.
Garden: Green Urban Living
A edible, organic garden established following permaculture ideas. Round raised gardens are maintained by my chickens in their round chicken dome. I produce all our compost and fertiliser on site, not to mention all our vegetables and much of our fruit.
Garden: Janis' Garden
Random organic flower garden with aim at the moment to get maximum colour and use Arum lilys as much as possible. Have only been at this property for 3 months so havent reached full potential this year.... although I am happy with results so far
Garden: Carlene's garden
My gardenn is mainly indigenous as i live on a reserve, i have also started an organic veggie garden
Garden: grandma's garden
small shrub and flower garden out front, small
organic vege garden out back.
Garden: Quinta Quijotito
An organic garden, mostly raised beds, containing culinary herbs, medicinal herbs, flowers and vegetables.
Garden: Castello di Galeazza
Acres of woodland, a kitchen garden, formal flower gardens, and over 400 species of plants from around the world. Totally Organic: No chemical pesticides, fungicides, or herbicides. More information and photos on www.galeazza.com
Garden: Potrero Hill Community Garden
Established in the early 1970s, the Potrero Hill Community Garden is one of 40 gardens operating under the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. Membership is open to any resident of the city.
Located on a once-vacant lot above the slopes where the "Goat Lady" of Potrero Hill used to graze her herd, the garden now consists of 50 plots and common areas maintained by local residents using only organic methods.
The garden boasts of panoramic views of the Mission, Twin Peaks, and beyond. Its sunny, Mediterranean climate permits cultivation of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals, including dahlias -- the official flower of San Francisco. (Source: http://www.potrerogarden.org )
Garden: Melissa Garden- Isle of Lesvos -Greece
Jan Ponsford, hungry for greenery in the middle of a crowed London, developed an interior garden from household plants, successfully learning about propagation techniques. Her reputation as a gardener grew and many appreciative visitors come to her to learn about plants and their upkeep. Between 1991 and 1995 Jan lived in Amsterdam, designing and developing roof gardens and terraces for private clients alongside a career as one's of the premiere internationally renewed english composer/jazz singer. On returning to England Jan became involved with allotment growing in the countryside and costal area of Sussex with italian gardener Alessandra Pagani.
Alessandra is well versed in Mediterranean gardening, and ran a gardening business for many years.
In 2000 drawed to Greece by its natural beauty and abundance of fascinating wildlife, flora and fauna Jan and Alessandra moved to Eressos -Lesvos where they have developed an organic garden, much visited by enthusiasts, tourist and complementary therapist.
Garden: Vegetable Garden
I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables by organic farming in the backyard of the house.
Garden: Lime Green Vegan Garden
My garden is grown specifically for my organic and vegetarian lifestyle!
Garden: Oakwood Manor Community Garden
Students of Oakwood Manor Elementary School, in partnership with Gladstone City's Senior Gardeners Project, engage in organic vegetable and flower growing to learn about plants, soil and water conservation, composting and recycling, good nutrition, and community service.
Garden: Margaret's Backyard Garden
I started a small garden in my backyard about 2 years ago. I have successfully grown bush green beans, and local favorites like recao, ajices dulce, and I have several dwarf banana trees which are doing quite well. But I have a lots of problems with with pests such as aphids, mealy bugs and slugs& snails and of course the mighty fire ants. I would like to learn how to grow a successful organic garden. I can't seem to grow tender plants and herbs.
Garden: Les Jardins du Château de Padiès
PADIES - A unique Renaissance Château estate set in the Lauragais of Pastel fame, Cathar country and the land of the Troubadours, the Château de Padiès and grounds offer a unique experience to the visitor in this region. While there are Historic Monuments to visit, and gardens to visit, and historical gardens to visit, and labyrinths to visit, and farms to visit, and organic farms to visit, and “development durable” projects to visit, and sculpture parks to visit………there is no one site that offers a combination of all of these – except for Padiès. “Les Jardins du Château de Padiès” are open to visitors from April to October
Garden: Sue & Tom's Garden
We grow a wide variety of vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. We pretty much feed ourselves vegetables and fruits from the garden (organic and spray-free) most of the year. Looking to do more. Involved with seed saving and loving it!
Garden: maria´s plot
trying to grow organic vegetables but the soil is poor and would like a much prettier garden full of flowers but I get too much sun and too much wind.
at the moment i´m growing broad beans, lettuce, onions, leeks, artichoke, trying to grow spinach and fennels but these last two are not doing very good.
Garden: Fairy Garden at 'Goedvertrouw'
This is a little 'zone' I have created on the shadow side of our house. It was a narrow strip of wasteland, just gravel. So I made a winding little path from the kitchen door end where the shed is that leads towards our outdoor shower, which is heaven if it gets hot in the summer. Almost every rock came out of the ground when we dug the veggie beds (which are on the side of the house) and most of the fairy garden is created by grouping together pots. It's my first ever attempt at gardening and I love it, all very trial-&-error, an organic process which develops naturally without too much planning of what is going to go where.
Garden: The wee plot
My garden is a small patch on which I grow basic vegetables for our household i follow organic principles and get great results.
Garden: Organic Gardening for My Family
Trying to grow as much of my own organic vegetables and fruit that I can. Have large vegetable garden and small orchard with about 12 trees.
Garden: Willie and Jenn's Garden
We buy organic all winter and when it warms up we try to grow as much food as we can! This will be our 4th yr with this setup. We would love any tips on how to produce more and better organic produce!
Garden: South Central Spot
I live in my childhood home. when I remodeled it I had to put a retaining wall up. In my 8' x 50' space I have grown green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers, watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers and onions. I do not use any pesticides, if I do I use organic ones. The weeds are fierce so I do my best to keep them down. Any suggestions I would surely appreciate to keep the weeds down.
Garden: Montgomery Bricolage
Tomatoes & other miscellaneous veggies, all organic and all in PH-challenged clay soil. Also some flowers and a compost pile maintained by plenty of slack.
Garden: K & P Entrprises
We are in our third year of building up the soil for mostly organic gardening. We carved a chunk out of our field for this so it has been used and abused for many years. We also will have a greenhouse soon and are looking forward to fresh tomatoes most of the year. (Cannot tolerate a winter tomato from the store!)
Garden: Organic culinary& medicinal garden
I grow a range of vegetables, brassicas, legumes,1 chia plant, yet to flower, goji berry, tomatoes, potatoes, berry fruit and a few heritage fruit trees, plum, peach, 3types, herbs, - a vriety of medicinal and culinary,. At the front I am trying to create a cottagey type garden of old fashioned flowers.
Garden: HERBARIUM
Parque privado abierto a la comunidad, el Herbarium tiene un jardín sensorial con hierbas aromáticas, una huerta orgánica con parrón y frutales, plantaciones aromáticas de lavanda, huerta comunitaria para niños "Pillpa", laberinto y prado de relajación. Tienda de regalos. Abierto de lunes a viernes 8 a 17 horas, sábado de 9 a 18 horas. Clases de Herbología, Terapia Hortícola, Dibujo Científico y Huerta Urbana. Talleres sabáticos y visitas guiadas. Más info en (562)2797087, www.herbarium.cl, email: herbario@herbarium.cl o en Facebook como Herbarium o Huerta Urbana Herbarium
Private park open to the community. Sensorial garden. Organic orchard, vegetables and aromatic herbs production. Labyrinth (7 circuits), horticultural therapy programme for kids "TiNi Pillpa". Gift Shop. Workshops (starting April 8): Botanical Drawing, Herbology and Urban Orchard. Guided visits for schools, groups and associations on request. More info: Phone: (56.2)2797087, email:herbario@herbarium.cl, www.herbarium.cl or in Facebook as "Herbarium", "Pillpa" or "Huerta Urbana". Open to the public Monday to Friday from 8 am to 5 pm. Saturday from 9am to 6pm. Free entrance to the park.
Garden: Craig's organic disorganised plot
I always plant tomatos but with varying succes as I have no glass house and live in Christchurch NZ. Yams are a perrenial favourite and I treat both silverbeet and rocket (the herb) as essential. I also take pleasure in garlic, basil, celery, chives, Blackboy peaches, walnuts, spuds,radishes, Feijoas, Maori chief potato, Black currant, Raspberries, Strawberries, parsley, to name most of this seasons effort. I also seem to specialise in the unwanted vegetations such as dock, chickweed, shephards purse and numerous other un-named varieties...
Garden: Colene's Summer Heat
I am growing (hopefully) the following in my 18 x 10 x 1' organic garden: Strawberries, Raddishes, Bcoccoli, Watermelon, Cucumber, Corn, Red/Yellow/Sweet Onions, Garlic, Bush Beans, Sweet Corn, Asparagus, Pole Beans, Black Beans, and Gourds. I have various tomato and pepper sprouts. My Herb Garden (which is scattered in pots everywhere) consists of Lavender, Rosemary, Chamomile, various Basils, Verbana, Lemon Balm, Cat Nip & Grass, various Basils and Chives, Dill, Parseley, Thyme, Corriander, and Spearmint. I also have 84 Mammoth Sunflowers lining my property.
Garden: My Garden In Tha Hood
My garden includes Brown, Green and Red Onions, Organic Golden Sweet Corn, Organic Tom Thumb Popping Corn, Spinach, Grand Rapids Lettuce, Organic Romaine Lettuce, Iceberg Lettuce, Cabbage, Organic Georgia Collard Greens, Organic Beefsteak Tomatoes, Organic Red Brandywine Tomatoes, Organic Long Red Cayenne Peppers, Organic Toma Verde Tomatillos, Sugar Baby & Charleston Grey Watermelon, Sunflowers, Eggplant, Radishes, Carrots, Cantaloupe, Zuccini, Jalepenos, Red Raspberries, Russet Potatoes, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Organic Asparagus, Organic Celery, Arugula, Chives, Dill, Red Bell Peppers, Soy Beans, Cherry Tomatoes, Okra and Cucumbers. Still to come, Green Beans, Green Bell Peppers, Cilantro, Wheatgrass, Echinacea, Ginger, Garlic, Purple Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips/Turnip Greens, Mustard Greens, Cress, Butternut Squash, Beets and more.
Garden: Casa Mariposa
My organic garden grows tucked away in a zone 7 suburb. I share it with my family, friends and three dogs. It is full of native plants and ornamentals that attract and nourish birds, bees, and butterflies. My own private sanctuary!
Garden: My fisrt try at home grown
I am tring my hand at growing a small(all organic)vegetable garden.
The soil is of the dark brown, Hard packing,Mostly clay type. With a lot of rocks and too many Glass,Plastic,and Metal objects to list.(I don't even know what most of them are)
I spent everyday after work for over two weeks TILLING and removing what was not soil.
Next I tilled in 400 Cu.Ft. of green manure then 800 Cu.Ft. of seasond manure and compost.
I set out my tomato,and pepper seedlings on may 17 and also planted my corn,bush beans,oakra,carrots,pumpkins,watermelons,and cuecumbers on 05/17&18.
NOW ON TO THE THREE W'S
WATERING WEEDING WAITING
OH NO, MORE WEEDING. How do i get my plants to grow as fast as the darn WEEDS?
Garden: Cordata Community Gardens
We are a beautiful garden of raised beds, all organic, with a 7' deer fence, all serving 50 families in our neighborhood. Our garden served as the model for additional community gardens built throughout Bellingham and Whatcom County this past year. CCG functions as all volunteer with an Operating Team of 11 gardeners, each with an area of responsibility. Organizer Dee Andrews serves as Coordinator, also as volunteer. We are a 501 (c) 3 organization. We have just completed our first full spring-summer growing season, one which enjoyed great weather, and we were able to donate many boxes of produce to the Domestic Violence Shelters here. The garden is also open for fall/winter gardening at individual gardener's choice. In addition to 50 raised beds of 64 sq feet each, the garden has spaces dedicated to fruit trees, as well as mature blueberry bushes, raspberry and waldo berry vines, strawberry patches, and rhubarb and flower beds. Harvests from these are shared by all gardeners. Future plans may include bee hives, an herb area, and a pumpkin patch for the entire neighborhood. Our garden is in an open area, giving us unlimited sunshine. We have established a healthy composting operation. The garden is used by many residents in this part of the city as a pleasant place to stroll, sit, and chat with others. We are truly building community, and learning together while producing good organic food.
Garden: Community Organic Gardens of Sequim - June Ro
The June Robinson Memorial Park is the City of Sequim's newest park which provides 8 (4' X 10') raised gardens beds and 16 (10' X 10') ground plots. The garden was built by the City of Sequim while donations from the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club and a local Eagle Scout aided in the garden's development. This is the second community garden site in the corporate city limits and the first publicly owned garden. This garden is proving to be a vital piece of the city's downtown charater as Sequim has a long lived agrarian history.
Garden: Community Organic Gardens of Sequim - Fir Str
Sunlowers, Squash, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Peas, Carrots, Kale and many other vegetables grow abundantly in the 75-foot by 150-foot section of land leased to Friends of the Fields by St. Lukes Episcocal Church for $1 a year. This garden is divided into 35 plots with 5 being raised beds.
Garden: White Center Heights Park Community Garden
The White Center Heights Community Garden consists of 17 3'x7' raised beds and is located within the recently made over White Center Heights Park. 2008 is our first growing season, so our policy is still in the works, but the garden is FREE to participate in, strictly organic, utilizes a water cistern, and has compost bins on-site. In fact, due to the economic challenges many in the White Center community face, we have solicited donations for organic fertilizer and plants for our gardeners and neighborhood businesses have generously responded.
If you are interested in gardening with us, please contact Audrey Zemke at the White Center Food Bank for an application. The assignment of a bed in the WCHP community garden is valid for one year and is open to random lottery assignment the following growing season. Applications are accepted from January to March, however we have not yet assigned all of the beds for 2008 and will continue to accept application until each bed has a gardener.
Garden: Vinegar Flats Community Garden
Vinegar Flats is the St. Margaret Women's Shelter community garden. The garden is committed to growing food with organic practices and ensuring that the marginalized populations of Spokane have access to our produce. We sell at the South Perry's Farmer's Market and have a Community Supported Agriculture program. The garden is run by volunteers and we are always looking for more help, so email us if you are interested in helping out.
Garden: Wilsonville Community Garden
Wilsonville Community Garden is located within the city limits of Wilsonville, Oregon just off Wilsonville Rd. The garden is within the confines of Memorial Park. Currently there are 32 10' x 12' plots available at a cost of $12 per season as well as 8 smaller raised bed plots available at $16 per season. Gardeners are responsible for the upkeep of their plot. Unattended plots may be reassigned.
Organic practices must be followed. Use of OMRI listed products encouraged. No synthetic herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or fertilizers may be used. Use of tobacco is prohibited. No loud music within the garden. Hand watering only. No on-site garbage pick up.
The garden is in the infancy stages of expansion efforts that will triple the size to just under 1 acre. New gardens will work in collaboration with Wilsonville Community Sharing and The Oregon Food Bank encouraging food bank receipents to build community through local food initiatives, environmentally sound agricultural practices while educating fellow gardeners and the community at large.
The vision for the future is the garden as a hub indigenous, experimental urban agricultural knowledge, international cuisine, cross cultural exchange, local artistry, outreach, education and generally creative community building efforts. A local food system encompassing a weekend tailgate market of organically grown produce is the utopian goal several years into the future.
Garden: Ashland Community Garden
The Ashland Community Garden is a cooperative garden project started by local citizens through the North Mountain Park Nature Center. The purpose of the garden is to provide Ashland residents with recreational garden space and encourage citizen involvement in non-commercial organic gardening and sustainable agriculture. There are 43 plots in the garden. Most of the plots are 20x20; there are also 20x10 and 10x10 plots available.
The site was originally pastureland that had been acquired by the Parks Department in the summer of 2002.
In the early months of 2003, city residents Carol Kale and Carol Carlson made a proposal to the Ashland Parks and recreation commission to explore the Community Garden concept.
On March 24, 2003, the Ashland Parks Commission unanimously approved a motion to designate a community garden space within the parcel of land. The site was officially opened to gardeners on May 17, 2003. Due to the success and popularity of this garden site, the Ashland Parks Commission directed the Parks Department to look at other park properties for the inclusion of additonal community gardens as a park amenity.
Garden: Lacey Crossroads Community Garden
The Lacey Crossroads Community Garden is a partnership between The Sherwood Group, Sustainable South Sound, and enthusiastic local gardeners. It consists of individual plots or raised garden beds – each 4ft x 12ft and 20 inches high. In addition to holding high quality organic compost to grow healthy plants, the raised beds make it easier for people of all ages and abilities to garden. Gardeners complete a simple application, agree to abide by the garden guidelines and rules, pay a small annual fee and are assigned a plot to plant, tend, and harvest for the season.
Garden: Redmond Community Organic Garden
House of Hope Ministries (HOHM) is honored to sponsor Redmond, Oregon's first Community Organic Garden! The Garden opened in 2009 with 15 raised beds that were leased by VERY enthusiastic gardeners in the community, including kids from House of Hope (see our website at www.houseofhope-bend.org).
With donations from local businesses and with the sweat equity of our volunteers, the Garden transformed an empty parcel to an Eden of abundance. The soil used is top notch so we had almost no weeds, and the organic vegetables and herbs grew like wildfire. We supply water using an automated system, so all our gardeners have to do is tend their plants and watch them grow!
Our harvest time was lengthy, and the garden was such a success that in 2010, we have added 16 more plots and now have a total of 31 raised beds to offer to the community at a very nominal price ($25 for the season). We are excited to offer the Organic Garden as a benefit to the community and a tool to bring people closer to heath, abundance and each other.
More info here: http://www.houseofhope-bend.org/gardenpicscatalog.html
Garden: La Grande Community Garden
The Community Garden seeks to develop and expand available garden areas for growing, harvesting and eating of local foods to strengthen family and community health, emphasizing natural, organic and renewable gardening methods.
Garden: Four Rivers Community Garden
The Four Rivers Community Garden is a place where we come together to discover, learn and inspire our community in creating an organic and resilient food system that beautifies and enhances the land that has been given to us to care for. Our goals: Increase opportunities to network, learn and interact with one another and the greater community. Provide access to gardening knowledge and resources that increases awareness and self-sufficiency while promoting a healthy community. Increase fresh fruit and produce to supplement the food supply for local agencies involved in creating a food secure region.
Garden: Arroyo Community Garden
The Arroyo Community Garden is a new garden starting in your neighborhood. Our mission is to build community through gardening and education. We are creating space for people to come together to grow organic fruits and vegetables, to learn to eat healthily and to share the bounty with others. We are located behind the Living Word Lutheran Church, 901 Ely Boulevard South, Petaluma, California. We have land, water, design and a strong contingent of eager gardeners. To assure our success we need your involvement. Please join us.
Garden: Alameda Bay Eagle Community Garden
We have 25 plots, some are full and the rest are half plots. We are a diverse community of gardeners of various age ranges that have been involved in the community since the 70's. Our garden is growing a variety of organic vegetables, flowers and herbs. We have a community outreach plot where we grow vegetables and then donate them to a community organization in need. Bi-annually we participate in the annual Alameda 4th of July parade and have won the award for the most colorful.
Garden: Charles Street Gardens
Charles Street Gardens is a one acre parcel sitting in the civic center of Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley) which opened on May 29, 2006. In a historic agreement with The City of Sunnyvale Parks and Recreation Department, Sustainable Community Gardens agreed to design, build, operate and manage a community garden on a vacant acre of civic center land for the next five years (2011). We designed and built 87 raised redwood garden beds (4' x 16') and 5 - 4' x 8' 3 foot high redwood raised beds for accessible needs. We invited the Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County to build a teaching and demonstration garden within the community garden and they teach monthly classes for our gardeners and other residents of the city. We are completely organic. We also saved over 1,600 square feet of garden space for three food forest beds that are managed by one of our non profit directors to grow food for the hungry of Sunnyvale. This food gets weekly distribution to families in the City.
It took two and half years of working with the City to get this agreement and to receive this specific parcel of land, and the volunteers who stuck with us and eventually built the gardens are an amazing group of residents.
Garden: Palo Alto Main Community Garden
Scattered throughout Palo Alto are plots of land dedicated to providing Palo Altans with a place to dig their hands into the soil and plant vegetables, flowers, and herbs. These open spaces are an oasis for gardeners, as well as visitors, who come to enjoy the beauty of the calendula blossoms, the corn stalks, the pumpkin vines, the sunflowers, and more, as well as the large variety of birds and butterflies. The community gardens are inviting places to walk and relax.
The original Main Garden was created in 1970 as a model to demonstrate organic gardening, a return to older gardening techniques. It was originally part of the City's Nature & Science Department and volunteer gardeners were recruited from junior high schools, City staff, and people interested in gardening.
Over the years, demand for gardening sites increased and additional gardens were created. Today, the Palo Alto Community Garden Program resides within the Community Services Department and is the responsibility of the Open Space and Parks Division.
The Palo Alto Community Gardens continue to change and grow with the times. The gardens have expanded to accommodate a growing population, gardening policies have changed to embrace new technology, and future plans are under discussion. We welcome your suggestions.
Garden: Colusa County Community Garden
We have 5 acres available for our community garden. 2009 was our first year and it was a BIG success. Our plots are 4X16 raised cement block beds filled with organic mushroom compost. Our garden is year round. Our garden is just steps away from the Colusa Certified Farmers Market and we allow our gardeners to sell at the Market (the garden is Certified). We are currently accepting new gardeners. Our beds are $25.00 from May 1 to April 30. Our Garden Contact/Manager is Lynda Reynolds.
Garden: Camarillo Community Gardens
The all-organic, Camarillo Community Garden Project is a registered non-profit 501(c)3 grass-roots movement. We are people with a common commitment to the citizens of Camarillo. Our goal is to empower our neighbors, to encourage them to take control of their own food supply, to enjoy a more healthful life style, educate youth about where food really comes from, build a sense of community among citizens, reduce their food costs, and help the environment. The project currently has the support from the City of Camarillo, Pleasant Valley Mutual Water Company, Pleasant Valley Recreation and Parks District, civic and fraternal organizations, and local business owners.
Our first community garden, the Antonio Garden is in full swing after just a year of effort. This garden has 52 garden plots and serves 49 families. Planning is underway for our second garden which will be located behind the Community Center. This 1/2 acre (possibly more!) garden will have room for at least 80 families and areas dedicated to producing food for the senior lunch program at the Community Center and other needy kitchens and food banks.
More info here: http://camarillocommunitygarden.com
Garden: Eastwind Community Garden
Founded by Francesca Blom-Cooper in April 1975, this empty, trash filled lot has become a small organic community garden that produces all year round. Within our parameters, there are 16 garden plots (varying sizes), a tool shed, a compost area and an orchard. Eastwind Gardens is completely self-sufficient and operates with a very small annual budget. We are hopefull of becoming a nonprofit sometime in 2010.
Garden: El Sereno Community Garden
The El Sereno Community Garden is dedicated for community residents to plant organic fruit and vegetables for their families. It is our goal to encourage families and community to eat healthy foods while enjoying gardening. The garden is quite unique. There is a section for fruit trees and an area for gardeners who love to grow flowers and succulent plants. We have an open plaza area that is dedicated for community events, meetings, workshops, and space for recreation. We are a smoke free enviornment and are open all year round. We welcome master gardeners, unexperienced gardeners, schools, churches, famiies, garden workshops, volunteers, and anyone interested in doing community service. We are a diverse friendly group of gardeners and we welcome everyone to come out and join us grow healthy food.
Garden: Mendocino Community Garden
The Mendocino Community Garden is a volunteer organic garden where we grow food for the community. Unlike many community gardens, made up of individual members plots, MCG is one large production garden with 30 beds ( 3 1/2’ x 25’) tended jointly by all who work within the garden. The gardeners of MCG do harvest food for themselves, but the bulk of the food goes to the Fort Bragg Food Bank and local soup kitchens. We focus on vegetables that do well here on the north coast of California and use a four year rotation systems that allows us to support the gardens soil and grow healthy and bountiful vegetables.
Garden: The Garden House
THE GARDEN HOUSE I started 20 years ago. first was an overgrown field which i slowly cleared as funds allowed. would have been cheaper to do it all at once but who knew? The vegetable garden went infirst with help from my dad putting in the posts. Rocks on top of posts keepthe rain water from splitting them as fast. and is quite picturesque for those that don't know the purpose. then a friend? had a not so bright idea to plant iris. Ihad all kinds but too wet at the bottom of two hills and we have the dreaded borer here. iris should not be mulched and the weeding was endless. at one time i had three thousand.. no i have moved on to perrenials.. and lots of peonys. i love the lilacs i got form my Dads property that now front my property and keep my dad in my thoughts always.. I also have my moms garden iris and they thrive. Lupine and foxglove abound. first the daisys and poppys appear folowed by black eyed susans. alwys somthing blooming . lastly the sunflowers, rose of sharon and turtlehead appear late summer. I have a latice that i stake and becomes a wall of clematis. simply covered with blossoms and greenery. My vegies are organic . I mulch with newspapers and grassclippings that biodegrade and feed the soil. this year i am topping with mulch and hoping to porlong the disintergration. seaweed is the best for muching. I finally got my garden house built ( my shed) and put a porch on it so I can sit and view al my work.
Garden: Community Gardens
This garden in Thames township.NZ is worked under supervision by and for a joint venture,between The Organic Co Op and The Supported LifeStyle Hauraki Trust...
The Organic Co Op has a small shop in town and the Trust has clients with different abilities..who go and work in the gardens on a Thursday..and a few of us go on a Sunday morning..its a peaceful,friendly place to go and just be..more to come.
Garden: Desert brown with a touch of green
Desert soil, dead clay with no organic matter, extremely hot summers, hot enough to cook plants exposed to the sun,well below freezing winters,,,,oh the joy of desert gardens!
Garden: Robert's Organic & Hidroponic.
5000sq mts total...Two greenhouses 1000sq mts(hidroponic crops)...and 4000sq mts of Organic crops.
Thank you.
Garden: Paula's Butterfly and Bee Garden
Completed redesigned and replanted 7 years ago, this series of garden area covers two-thirds of an acre, with a view of Sausalito across the water. New stone walls were recently added to terrace the SW facing hill. The growing season begins with irises and then moves on to roses (100+) and then to dahlias. Other highlights of this pie-shaped property include a woodlands garden, 18 fruit trees, a redwood greenhouse, a succulent garden, an antique water pump collection and garden sculpture.
The garden features flowers at the warm end of the spectrum: apricot, orange, hot pink, red and burgundy with smaller doses of blue-purple and chartreuse.
Although the Zone 9b garden rarely sees frost conditions, Paula and Dennis Jaffe contend with less than ideal soil and climate challenges. Morning fog, clay soil, extreme wind and Southwest facing tiers with unrelenting sunshine are a few of the problems. The water shortage is also an ever present consideration.
Drip irrigation waters 100% of the plants with the lawn sprinkled by MP rotaters. Several compost areas and a worm farm provide the planting beds with a constant supply of natural fertilizer.
Garden: To See or not to See , and to Smell the Perfu
Roses, Roses ,over 20 Rose beds, each bed comprimising . of 22- 55 Roses of a single Type, laid out with finely trimmed lawns , water fountain and lake .
Garden: White House Kitchen Garden
The 1,100-square-foot garden includes 55 kinds of vegetables, including peppers, spinach and arugula. The selection is a wish list put together by White House chefs.
Garden: Jesse's Gardens
Excited for the coming Spring! Blooms of crocus, crunchy sweet peas and dirt under my fingernails!
Garden: Praxis Permaculture
We live in an 1940 log house on 4.5acres, originally built from trees on the property by homesteaders on Gabriola Island. Some of the trees and flowers are here from the 1st owners, some new.
The property is a mix of native species forest (fir, maple, garry oak, arbutus, yew, cedar, pin cherry, alder); meadow; fruit (apples, plum, apricot, peach, blue-, straw- and raspberries); specimen trees & shrubs (japanese maples, liquid amber, mock orange, forsythia, lilac); perennial flowers & vegetables.
We have a fenced (from the deer) area around the house with raised beds and lots of rock walls and stone paths. Water - or the lack of it - is our main issue. We have no lawn and I cut the meadow grasses with a scythe.
We see ourselves as stewards of this property in which we want to encourage as much of the native species as possible. We work with a forest gardener to manage the treed areas (thinning dying and dangerous trees, planting new ones). We have a naturally wet area on the low point on the property and want to restore the it as a wetland with native plants and trees.
Our property is home to many species of insects inc. butterflies and bees, birds, snakes, tree frogs, deer - and we have planted species of flowers especially with them in mind. We try to grow heirloom varieties and have had heritage chickens in the past.
This year, for the first time, I am attempting to grow mushrooms by inoculating alder logs with white oyster and shiitake mushroom spawn.
Garden: Tracee's Sunshine Coast Garden
This gentle garden is a combination of flowers, herbs, vegetables and a patch of coastal rain forest. I believe in companion planting as an effective way to deter pests and hand weeding opposed to herbicides. Relaxed gardening is part of my method, you win some, you lose some. The important thing is that you have fun and enjoy the journey. Gardening is Life.
Garden: Shiloh's Garden
It has taken twenty years to create this all natural garden. I am still working on it.
Garden: Jill's little veggie & herb garden
This is my first small in-ground garden with four types of tomatoes, yellow and red bell peppers, zucchini, cucumber, various herbs and blackberries.
Garden: Urban parisian jungle
Balcon plein nord accueillant avec entrain mais sans savoir-faire des plantes trouvées, transbahutées, troquées ou clandestines venues dont on ne sait où...
Messy parisian balcony where grow lost, exchanged or travelling plants and seeds.
The inexperimented gardeners are 2 kids (4 & 8) and me (please, don't ask...).
Paula Jaffe
I am a Master Gardener living in Marin County active with the local Rose Society and Dahlia Society. I also help organize the annual Tomato Market, which benefits the Marin County Master Gardener's sustainability projects all year round.
Maryanne
Convinced the landlady to let us dig up her yard and then got to work. Growing vegetables for food, spiritual and bodily wholeness, and general happiness.
Angela
I am a single parent to a 15 year old son. My son is home schooled. He was diagnosed with aspergers syndrome, and rather than put him on the cocktail of drugs the doctors wanted to give him to make life easier for his school, I withdrew him from school at age 7. We've been on a rich and healing journey together since, and now he is turning out to be a great kid, a real gift to me, and has taught me more than I'll ever be able to teach him lol. We live a simple but satisfying lifestyle on a very small "farm". I say farm because we have so many animals but really it's only just over 1000sm. (1/4 acre). Our animals are an integral part of our garden, We have 1 dog, -in charge of security! 2 goats - their job is to control the lawn in the back yard, eat any garden waste, hedge clippings etc, and look after the chickens. 5 cats, they keep the mice away - we used to have a major mice problem. 7 chickens, they recycle garden waste, eat bugs and supply us with eggs, and compost. Then there are the ten guinea pigs. Only started with 5, but they multiplied! they take care of all the lawn in the front garden. My garden is relatively new. Basically starting the vege garden from scratch. am planting lots of fruit trees, the plan is to grow an abundance of fruit and vege and feed my family and have a bit left over to supply the community. I recycle a lot, and use recycled materials in my garden as much as possible. Much of my garden is planted in tyres, my "tyre garden" :-)
Jennifer Hammer
Im a wife and mom of 4 kids! I love to garden and grow food for my family! Im grow my garden organicly and use lots of recycled items in my garden! My family calls me the Recycled Gardner! I love to cook all that I grow and share my food with Family and Friends! So join me for a little Recycled Gardening and great cooking!
William
I am an avid gardener. I am always looking for more specific planting times for all kinds of S. California edible garden vegetables. I am also going to plant citrus trees and pomegranate trees this fall.
Marsha Duncan
It's November now, and I should be thinking of the Holidays coming up but every time I pass by the garden, I get excited about what next years garden will bring. I want everyone to know, who may have a problem with animals, that the chicken wire fence worked fantastic!! No critters whatsoever. Just slugs. Yuk. But I found a solution for that too. Thanks to Jeff Hunters suggestion, we are going to utilize the fence next year with cucumbers. And we are also going to utilize our lake by installing an irrigation system. Zero cost for water, never have to fertilize and we will be 100% organic. By the way....the guard rails used for our raised beds work fantanstic. You can sit on the edge and pick away. Great for your back.
Carol Raethel
I am a single parent of a wonderful boy, and live on the sunny East Coast of the North Island New Zealand. I have a diploma in Herbal Medicine, certificate of Horticulture and a Diploma in Occupational Therapy, all of which are valuable tools to my current work and passion. I am interested in helping people return to the soil and begin a garden, for the health benefits of fresh, nutrient filled produce for their families, for the physical and spiritual health involved in gardening, and to help heal the planet. the more we grow, the less produce needs to be carted around the world by carbon emitting trucks. I focus on heirloom (non hybrid) varieties of vegetables, Herbs, medicinal and culinary, and a couple of plants that are important. Stevia, for the healthy alternative to sugar, and Chia, a highly nutritious grain with many life giving and healing properties. For more information, visit chiahowto.com. I sell my seeds through trade me, a New Zealand online store. I am an author and have 2 ebooks which I sell worldwide. Chia the Super Grain which can be found on chiahowto.com and How to Start a Vegetable Garden and Master the Art of Year Round Harvest. I don;t have a website to make this available yet, but anyone interested can email me at broomstik@callsouth.net.nz I am very happy to be here, connecting with other gardeners around the world. Thanks to the creators of this wonderful space. Blessings to everyone Carol
Susumu Sano
I live near Lake Biwa-ko (The biggest lake in Japan) of Shiga,Japan where left Kyoto by car for 30 minutes. There are a lot of Japanese gardens ( Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines) and botanical garden in and around Kyoto. And here is the area where nature is left. The climate is warm, and we have the four seasons. I enjoy the making of Japanese vegetables in the backyard that is not so large. The compost (organic fertilizer) is made from garbage and dead leaf at home. From this year, I came to perform gardening to see a TV program of the vegetables gardening even during the winter. I enjoy fishing at sea, trip, the breeding of the dog, the tropical fish and the bell cricket other than gardening. I hope to make friends abroad and want to share information about gardening and the culture. Please contact me if you like.
Geraldine Mac Kinnon
Artist, art teacher and botanical artist from Chile. I moved to the beach a few months ago, and everything grows nice though it's necesary to take care of the sun and wind, mostly when plants are young. I love to watch and draw plants and birds. I am also a surfer so my spot is perfect!
Carol
A wild + cultivated garden, pond with wildlife + fairies, orchard, wood, fields with my 2 donkeys Prunelle + Twinkle, vegetable garden. I bought the land in 1995 + have been planting ever since.
Louis
I am working towards self sustainability. I have solar heated water, solar power, rocket shower, and energy free water pump or ram pump, organic veggie garden and all of this in one of thÉ most beautiful places in the world. That is for sure! I am siyuated in Goso Forest, Gwexintaba, Lusikisiki. It is not on the maps of GardenJot so far away. It is about half way between Durban and East Londen. Food being grown success full in my village before i came here: Corn, pumpkin, beans, sweet patato, potato, and dumbi. Veggies: 4x Beans, Cherry Tomato, 4x Pumpkin, Butternut, Gemsquash, Carrot, Onion, Kale, Eggplant, Beetroot, Green Peper, Herbs: Thyme, 2x mint, basil, red sorrel, 2x wild garlic, coriander, 2x lavender, origanum, ginger, Special: Comfrey, MaryGold, Nasturtiums, Worm Wood, Trees: Moringa, Lemon, Orange, Banana, Fig, Pawpaw, Avocado, Cherrie guava, Garlic tree. Fruit: Melon, Watermelon, Gooseberry, Strawberry and Ghogie berry. (not sure of this spelling) Challenges! Goso Forest and all the insects in there!! Seems like we have more here! Sjoe. 20km or 1 hour from Lusikisiki which doesnt have many shops. No electricity and constant water. visit us at www.jointventures.co.za
marion shaw
I need green around me. I have a mix of edibles, aromatic vines, flowers, herbs and tropicals in my private oasis in the dessert. I am working on a master gardener certificate at DBG, focusing on our soil type, effective water usage, composting and collecting rain water. I use intensive and companion planting to create micro climates in the garden working with the amount of sun and moisture in each area. Water conservation is important in the dessert so making use of every drop is essential. With our short growing seasons timing is everything for a successful harvest. You need to use varieties of vegetables that mature quickly and enrich the soil on a regular basis. One trick to working in this high PH soil is to add vinegar to reduce the acid and balance the PH. My garden is organic in that I don't use pesticides, fungicides or commercial fertilizer. I spray regularly with a mixture of peppermint soap, hydrogen peroxide and vinegar in a tea of steer manure. I do hang fly strips by the compost and around the yard. It really helps keep the flies down without using poisons. I would love to talk to other gardeners in the area so let's get together and make this dessert an Oasis. Marion Shaw
Alan OBrien
I (try) to grow tropical plants in the UK mostly container based bananas, bamboo and palms. I also grow carniverous plants and organic veg in containers. My latest horticultural adventure is some DIY hydroponics which so far seems to be working.
Soup I made with Veg from the garden, Only bought organic veg broth to make it, everything else came from the patch. I made around 11 bowls of soup, Oops!
Whoops! What went wrong? - must try Jesse's organic mildew cure, but we can't get the same products over here. I wonder what the alternatives are?
Start of 2009, more compost, vermicompost and certified organic source of nitrogen and potassium. Fallen cedar branches and smaller trees from building site used to frame in the beds
It is not so large, but this is my vegetable garden of the backyard. The compost (organic fertilizer) is made from garbage at home.
I know some of you (inc Jesse) thought the original chicken coop was cute. Its now being rebuilt to become a guest cottage, complete with stone patio, an outdoor propane shower and outhouse. I guarantee its going to be just as cute in its next incarnation. We joined WWOOF Canada (Worldwide Opportunities for Organic Farmers) and hope to have some guest-workers this summer. Check out a WWOOF chapter in your own country if you are interested in volunteering or can provide a host farm-garden.
We often have wwoofers (willing workers on organic farms) to help us with the garden and animals.
Garden waste, leaves, coffee grounds, and selected lunchroom waste are composted to make a soil replenishing organic fertilizer.
The first of our seed orders! We have seed coming from Bakers Seed(pictured), High Mowing Organic Seed, Seed Savers, and Johnny's.. we didnt order any from Totally Tomatoes... they seem to be getting harder and harder to work with.
In this pot 1) Organic Toma Verde Tomatillos, 2) Organic Beefsteak Tomatoes, 3) Long Red Cayenne Peppers & 4) Red Brandywine Tomatoes. The only ones left to transplant are the Organic Beefsteak Tomatoes.
Roses and window box by the cottage- This 2 bedroom cottage with a kitchen, internet, and access to organic produce, will be for rent summer 2011.
