February 12, 2016

Community Garden Advocacy Day- Join Us!

The LADWP has asked the LA City Council to approve water and power rate increases that include increases to the “Schedule F” rate that applies to most community gardens. Here is how you can help protect community gardens and promote water conservation:   1.  Our elected representatives need to hear from you!  Sign our online petition: Garden Water Rate Hike Petition; […]

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November 17, 2015

Meet Eastwind Community Garden

Meet Eastwind Community Garden The Eastwind Community Garden is very much like the neighborhood it is nestled in: a mixture of the laid-back, eclectic, serene, yet polished, vibes that Marina del Rey and Venice have become known for. Located smack dab in between the beach and the canals, it’s rare in LA to find a community garden only two blocks […]

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November 6, 2015

Join In: LADWP Meetings About Schedule F

What is Schedule F’s Proposal LADWP’s Proposed Schedule F will raise water bills up to 289% over the next five years. What does that mean? The $1.37 you now pay per unit of water can end up becoming $5.32 by 2019. Schedule F Meetings Lucky for us, LADWP is organizing meetings to hear from residents. Don’t let your voice go […]

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September 30, 2015

Meet Villa Parke Community Garden

    The Villa-Parke Community Center in northwest Pasadena was doing great things for its clientele, with playgroups for kids, recreational activities for seniors, and help for people navigating public services. But there was one area where director Rozanne Adanto really saw her folks falling behind: their diets. “It’s a borderline food desert,” she says of the ethnically diverse, low-income […]

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Have You Tried Aeroponics?
August 16, 2015

Have You Tried Aeroponics?

This vertical technology uses 90% less land and 90% less water than traditional gardening methods and completely eliminates the use of herbicides or pesticides.  Mayor Garcetti is using the LAUrbanFarms Tower Garden technology at his residence to grow vegetables, fruits, and edible flowers.  LACGC Board Chair, Glen Dake, recently joined LAUrbanFarms Co-Founder, Wendy Coleman, and others to harvest produce from […]

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August 16, 2015

Soil Donation Available in December

Does your community garden need 550 cubic feet of soil in December 2015?  The soil is going to be bought new and is being used for an art exhibition in Hollywood. If you are interested in learning more and can pick up the soil, contact kzumpfe@uci.edu.

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Meet Monterey Road Eco-Community Gardens
August 16, 2015

Meet Monterey Road Eco-Community Gardens

Between 2008 and 2012, the city of Glendale transformed a few unused plots of land into the beautiful Monterey Road Eco Community Gardens.  The Monterey Road East garden opened in 2008 when the City of Glendale dug up a truck parking lot and made it into a community garden.  A year or so later, the city converted a nearby vacant […]

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July 16, 2015

My School Compost Rots!!

A little over a year ago, our school participated in a Trash Free Lunch Challenge.  The goal was to teach students to reduce waste in their lunch, and perhaps to make some changes.  When we finish our lunch, we sort it into appropriate buckets, with liquids going in one, recyclable items into another, one for the landfill, and one for […]

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July 16, 2015

Cal Poly Pomona Seeking Partners in a Small Insect Study

Researchers at Cal Poly Pomona are investigating the pollinators and biological control insects on urban farms and gardens in the LA area.  They are looking for ten urban farms or community gardens to collect insects in this summer, with a hopeful expansion of the project in 2016.  They will set-up small insect collecting traps near your cucumbers/squash for 24 hours […]

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