LA Garden Council is excited to share our 20th-anniversary story. See how we got started and how we plan to grow. We hope you enjoy our video.
Meet Alvaro Santos from Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden
Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden opened its doors in 2012. It began as a “Little Green Fingers” garden, funded by First5LA, planned to educate young children in healthy eating habits and growing healthy food. It’s now run by the parents of these children. One of these amazing parents is Alvardo Santos. He first stepped into the garden on Fathers’ Day 2014 to help plant his family’s plot […]
Community Gardens and Child Safety
Keeping The Whole Family Safe In A Community Garden Millennials are the fastest expanding group in society growing their own food in gardens and shared community gardens across the States. 13 million 18-34 year olds are known to be keen vegetable gardeners, a number that is believed to keep growing. This is great news for people’s health, bank balances and for gardeners […]
Meet Spring Street Community Garden!
Get to Know a Garden: Spring Street Marty Berg had been wanting to put a community garden on this spot in the heart of downtown LA for a long time. So had a lot of other people. But it took a chance meeting between his wife and the manager of the Joe’s Parking Lot where it sat for it to […]
Get to Know Hermosa Beach Community Garden
Imagine a beautiful open green space with lots of sky! Children laughing and playing in the background as an ocean breeze blows in your hair and between your fingers, the soil of wonderful earth. Welcome to Hermosa Beach Community Garden! On my visit recently to Hermosa Beach Garden, this is what I experienced. It was fantastic! I was greeted by […]
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 […]
East Hollywood Garden Achievement Center project accepting construction bids
We are excited to be working with Osborn Architects to design the East Hollywood Garden Achievement Center at 1070 Madison Ave, LA 90029! Scheduled to open in January 2015, the Trust for Public Land and LACGC are transforming a 24,000 sq. ft. lot into a public park and community garden. Plans include 35 plots, large communal gardens, and a classroom […]
Seeds of Carver Garden in West Adams is ready to plant!
The Seeds of Carver Community Garden in the historic West Adams district is ready to be planted! Big thanks go to landlady Wanda for offering LAGCG the space; and to the LA Conservation Corps for building the garden. The garden at 2319 2nd Ave, LA 90018 has 18 raised beds and lots of space for communal gardens. Meet co-leaders Marie-Alise […]