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Showing posts with label urban gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label urban gardening. Show all posts
Friday, September 25, 2009
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Green the Web! (a One Web Day celebration)
are you free for lunch at noon on monday, september 22?
join us for green the web! (a one web day celebration).
here's the five-step plan:
1. at noon on september 22, log off the web and join us at USF's community garden.
2. bring your lunch and a reusable drinking container.
3. eat your lunch! drink delicious san francisco tap water! see old friends! make new friends! check out the garden!
4. at some point, take pictures or shoot video of the garden and its goodies.
5. upload your pics and vids of the garden to the web.
let's green the web!
for more information on green the web! (a one web day celebration), contact sara bassett.
and what is one web day?
if you can't join us this monday, consider attending USF's community garden's first work party of the year this saturday, september 20, from 10 am - 3 pm. the focus will be on drip irrigation installation and fall planting. also, lunch will be served. interested? RSVP by thursday to the garden project's elyssa bairstow.
where's the campus garden?
join us for green the web! (a one web day celebration).
here's the five-step plan:
1. at noon on september 22, log off the web and join us at USF's community garden.
2. bring your lunch and a reusable drinking container.
3. eat your lunch! drink delicious san francisco tap water! see old friends! make new friends! check out the garden!
4. at some point, take pictures or shoot video of the garden and its goodies.
5. upload your pics and vids of the garden to the web.
let's green the web!
for more information on green the web! (a one web day celebration), contact sara bassett.
and what is one web day?
if you can't join us this monday, consider attending USF's community garden's first work party of the year this saturday, september 20, from 10 am - 3 pm. the focus will be on drip irrigation installation and fall planting. also, lunch will be served. interested? RSVP by thursday to the garden project's elyssa bairstow.
where's the campus garden?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
garden to table: growing greens
nearly a year ago, USF professors melinda stone (media studies) and seth wachtel (art + architecture) and eleven first-year female farmers set out to plan and plant an organic garden on campus. the organic garden was (and is) part of a USF living-learning community called, fittingly, the garden project.
the organic garden is on the lone mountain campus. it's a quarter-acre plot, located on the south-east side, sweetly sandwiched between the education and ROTC buildings.
when they began, the land looked like this:
and then like this:
by spring (after a semester of testing the soil, treating the soil, cover crops, and a thousand other things to do and consider and research and learn and examine and experiment), it looked like this:
by spring, the garden was a garden. but it was also a lab. for garden project students, it was a green lab to grow food and community. for art + architecture students, it was a public space lab to design and build a beautiful toolshed, benches, and a community board. for my digital journalism students, it was a green media lab to investigate, interview, photograph, videotape, and blog garden stories.
(see jacob marx's "More than Plants," brigid moore's "Garden Vs. Garden," laura plantholt's "Freshmen Female Farmers," and miles simcox's "USF Organic Garden Project.")
the "problem" with the campus garden is that by the time the plants have soaked in enough california sunlight and drunk enough water and taken in enough nourishment from the soil to produce food, the eleven first-year farmers and their profs have bolted for the summer. who will water?! who will weed?! who will harvest all the delicious food?!
enter the summer garden crew.
a group of between 25-30 USF staff, students, librarians, and faculty has been tending the garden seven days a week and have been, by all accounts, learning a lot and having a blast. with organizational help from christin anderson at wellness, we've established a daily watering and weeding schedule, have cleared off new plots, and have planted new crops.
in return for labor, we get to harvest food. good food. real food. earlier this week, i brought home a bag full of green goodness.
last night, with a little help from mollie katzen's moosewood cookbook, i stir fried a good portion of it, laid it over some soba noodles, and had a delicious dinner with sarah.
coming soon: zukes! please, please share your favorite zucchini recipes!
the organic garden is on the lone mountain campus. it's a quarter-acre plot, located on the south-east side, sweetly sandwiched between the education and ROTC buildings.
when they began, the land looked like this:
and then like this:
by spring (after a semester of testing the soil, treating the soil, cover crops, and a thousand other things to do and consider and research and learn and examine and experiment), it looked like this:
by spring, the garden was a garden. but it was also a lab. for garden project students, it was a green lab to grow food and community. for art + architecture students, it was a public space lab to design and build a beautiful toolshed, benches, and a community board. for my digital journalism students, it was a green media lab to investigate, interview, photograph, videotape, and blog garden stories.
(see jacob marx's "More than Plants," brigid moore's "Garden Vs. Garden," laura plantholt's "Freshmen Female Farmers," and miles simcox's "USF Organic Garden Project.")
the "problem" with the campus garden is that by the time the plants have soaked in enough california sunlight and drunk enough water and taken in enough nourishment from the soil to produce food, the eleven first-year farmers and their profs have bolted for the summer. who will water?! who will weed?! who will harvest all the delicious food?!
enter the summer garden crew.
a group of between 25-30 USF staff, students, librarians, and faculty has been tending the garden seven days a week and have been, by all accounts, learning a lot and having a blast. with organizational help from christin anderson at wellness, we've established a daily watering and weeding schedule, have cleared off new plots, and have planted new crops.
in return for labor, we get to harvest food. good food. real food. earlier this week, i brought home a bag full of green goodness.
last night, with a little help from mollie katzen's moosewood cookbook, i stir fried a good portion of it, laid it over some soba noodles, and had a delicious dinner with sarah.
coming soon: zukes! please, please share your favorite zucchini recipes!
Friday, February 01, 2008
a new classroom on campus
three days ago, the organic garden on USF's campus looked like this:
today, it looks like this:
and like this:
a new classroom is growing on campus.
today, it looks like this:
and like this:
a new classroom is growing on campus.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
the cement garden
our front yard is mostly cement.
two big beautiful trees, a parking sign, assorted trash, endless cigarette butts, sometimes dog shit, and lots and lots of cement.
yesterday we dragged a planter and set it like so.
today i transfered two mini wine barrels from the deck and added plants and flowers and herbs. while planting the azaleas, an older man walked up to me, grabbed my shoulder, flashed a big smile, and yelled "replace the plants! happy new year!"
indeed.
two big beautiful trees, a parking sign, assorted trash, endless cigarette butts, sometimes dog shit, and lots and lots of cement.
yesterday we dragged a planter and set it like so.
today i transfered two mini wine barrels from the deck and added plants and flowers and herbs. while planting the azaleas, an older man walked up to me, grabbed my shoulder, flashed a big smile, and yelled "replace the plants! happy new year!"
indeed.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
eleven young farmers
today i gave a blogging workshop for the garden project - a living-learning community at USF that includes eleven first-year female farmers, two professors, and a staff member. the goal is to plan and grow an organic farm on campus.
this class rocks. expect great things.
this class rocks. expect great things.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
literacy for environmental justice
yesterday, i attended a talk on campus called "environmental justice in san francisco." it took place in the fog 'n grog and was brought to life by USF's african american studies minor and jennifer dever. i attended the first hour but had to leave for the second.
the speaker was anthony khalil from literacy for environmental justice, or LEJ. anthony manages heron's head park, LEJ's educational program, and their native plant restoration project.
LEJ is an urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization located in sf's bayview hunters point district. bayview hunters point is the part of san francisco most of us want to ignore. located on the east side of the city, district ten is 50% african american, 30% asian, 15% latino/a, and 5% white.
it is home to 2 superfund sites. it has 325 known toxic sites. it treats 80% of the city's sewage. it has 2 major freeways running through it. 1/3 of the people who live in bayview hunters point are children - 20% of those children have asthma.
the place was packed. between forty and fifty students, faculty, and staff showed up.
anthony talked about environmental justice - a blend between social justice / civil rights, environmentalism, and public health. he talked about the right of all people to have equal access to basic needs: safe energy, healthy food, clean water, open spaces, non-toxic communities, and equitable educational and employment opportunities.
he talked about hunters point: "this is our hurricane katrina right here." he talked about community. he talked about community outreach. and he talked about community outreach that is based in the environment - within nature, within parks, within gardens. he spoke truth: "we've got white collared jobs, blue collared jobs - we need green collared jobs!" he talked briefly about LEJ projects like heron's head park and the living classroom.
like an expert teacher, anthony balanced between sharing with us the horrific environmental / social / health conditions of bayview hunters point and sharing with us the inspired environmental / educational / cultural programs of LEJ. i left both moved and motivated.
the speaker was anthony khalil from literacy for environmental justice, or LEJ. anthony manages heron's head park, LEJ's educational program, and their native plant restoration project.
LEJ is an urban environmental education and youth empowerment organization located in sf's bayview hunters point district. bayview hunters point is the part of san francisco most of us want to ignore. located on the east side of the city, district ten is 50% african american, 30% asian, 15% latino/a, and 5% white.
it is home to 2 superfund sites. it has 325 known toxic sites. it treats 80% of the city's sewage. it has 2 major freeways running through it. 1/3 of the people who live in bayview hunters point are children - 20% of those children have asthma.
the place was packed. between forty and fifty students, faculty, and staff showed up.
anthony talked about environmental justice - a blend between social justice / civil rights, environmentalism, and public health. he talked about the right of all people to have equal access to basic needs: safe energy, healthy food, clean water, open spaces, non-toxic communities, and equitable educational and employment opportunities.
he talked about hunters point: "this is our hurricane katrina right here." he talked about community. he talked about community outreach. and he talked about community outreach that is based in the environment - within nature, within parks, within gardens. he spoke truth: "we've got white collared jobs, blue collared jobs - we need green collared jobs!" he talked briefly about LEJ projects like heron's head park and the living classroom.
like an expert teacher, anthony balanced between sharing with us the horrific environmental / social / health conditions of bayview hunters point and sharing with us the inspired environmental / educational / cultural programs of LEJ. i left both moved and motivated.
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