Vallejo People's Garden 

It's great to see kids interested in gardening and knowing they will take what they've learned about gardening in their formative years and apply them throughout their lives. The program Food to Grow On developed by Ms. Yakabe and Ms. Edwards from the Vallejo Charter School allow the kids to learn about soil, seed, plant growth, harvest, food production, and everything in between. At the garden, even the teachers got to learn something about tomatoes, which they in turn will teach their students and others. Here's a post from Organic Gardening Magazine on tomatoes:  bit.ly/OGTomatoTips

So many things happening in the month of May and it's only mid May. First, Vilma Aquino conducted a class on water-wise gardening at the Joseph Room in Vallejo where over 60 attendees showed up to learn about gardening during this time of California drought. On May 10th, Bay-Friendly Landscape Coalition held a talk at the VPG on 'Lose Your Lawn' where Lori Caldwell and Sarah Sutton taught attendees how to kiss their lawn goodbye and embrace a Bay Friendly landscape. Check out  www.bayfriendly.org After the talk, attendees had a fabulous lunch courtesy of Chipotle and Sandra's smoothies using fresh ingredients from the garden like kale, beets, carrots, and celery. It was invigorating! And afterwards, volunteers from AmeriCorps worked in the garden. What is AmeriCorps you ask? AmeriCorps  is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects over 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet community needs in education, the en...

Join us at the Vallejo People's Garden on Saturday, May 10th from 10am-12:30pm and learn how to lose your lawn without tearing it out. This free how-to talk and tabling event presented by Bay-Friendly Educator and Master Composter Lori Caldwell, along with a Professional Landscape Designer, will provide design and plant selection advice as well as walk you through converting your lawn without breaking your back or wallet. There will be a hands-on demonstration of sheet mulching--an innovative technique of layering materials on top of your lawn, allowing you to plant right into it.  Plus, learn how you can participate in your local water agency's water conservation rebate program, which could put some green in your pocket! Everyone who attends the talk will receive a free copy of the Bay-Friendly Gardening Guide. There will be a drawing for additional garden gifts at the end of the talk. Check out many more resources for lawn conversion at www.LoseYourLawn.org

Come join us on Saturday, April 5th from 10am to 12 noon. VPG will be hosting a vermiculture and compost talk conducted by Master Gardeners of Solano County. Learn how you can transform your garden and other vegetable waste into dark, rich soil that gardeners call black gold.

Vallejo People’s Garden presents A Succulent Workshop Saturday, November 9, 2013 10:00am-11:00am Join us at Vallejo People’s Garden on Saturday, November 9, from 10am-11am for an introductory succulent propagation workshop! We’ll talk about the basics of succulent growth, care, splitting, and propagation. This event is a great introduction for the succulent swap meet planned for early 2014! It is a free event, but donations are always accepted for our nonprofit organization that provides organic produce to those most in need in the Vallejo community. Please RSVP Rachael@vallejopeoplesgarden.org if you plan to attend. We hope to see you all there!

Vallejo People’s Garden       At the   Mare Island 5K J oin us 9am – 1pm for our  Plant Sale Fall and Winter vegetable starts, herbs, houseplants, succulents, and more!!! We are also hosting a Soap-Making Class 10am! Bring a checkbook or I-phone box which will be used as the mold for the soap.  $20 suggested donation. Twenty seats available. Call  707 733-3874  or email  info@vallejopeoplesgarden.org  to register. Azuar dr. & E. Poplar St. 9am, Oct 13

The Night Shift making pots out of newspaper in preparation for our October 13th  Open Garden Tour and Plant Sale from 10:00am to 2:00pm .  Thanks goes out to Tessie for feeding the group and for teaching the night crew how to make the origami pots.