Long Beach community garden

Urban Farming Proponent Donna Marykwas To Detail Plans For Local Gardens

Despite pockets of community gardens, the promise of urban agriculture in Long Beach hasn’t moved much beyond the talking stage. Cities like San Francisco and Seattle encourage urban gardens and even allow the raising of chickens and goats. In Long Beach zoning rules and red tape make urban agriculture a challenge few residents can meet. [...]

Henderson Avenue Tree Planting and Wrigley Garden Mural Unveiling

Wrigley is Going Green, a grass roots neighborhood environmental organization devoted to saving and planting trees in Long Beach, was awarded a Neighborhood Partners Program grant to plant 60 trees in the area immediately surrounding the Wrigley Garden and create a mural by our very own local artist, Lisa Wibroe, to go in the thriving [...]

Orizaba Park Will Get Community Center and Garden

A $2.2 million grant from the State of California Natural Resources Agency will be used fund a community center and community garden at Orizaba Park, located on Orizaba Avenue between Spaulding and 14th Street. The grant was announced by Long Beach officials on Wednesday. “This is an outstanding project for an outstanding neighborhood,” 4th District [...]

North Pine Neighborhood Alliance (NPNA) Community Meeting Tonight!

Tonight! Wednesday, September 22, 2010 the North Pine Neighborhood Alliance (NPNA) will host a Community Meeting at Exhibit [A] Gallery. Join members of NPNA at the community meeting this evening for a discussion of agenda items: NPNA Project/Event Updates Pacific & 6th Community Garden Revitalization Project

Long Beach Farm Dinner: An Urban Garden Under the Stars

Local, sustainable and under the stars! The Long Beach Farm Dinner on October 23 is a rare chance to dine al fresco in an urban garden, and a smart way for garden organizers to raise money for The Growing Experience in Carmelitos. Local chefs will prepare a five-course meal for the Long Beach Farm Dinner that [...]

Anarchy in The Garden to offer free live workshops at Patchwork Indie Arts and Crafts Festival

Master Gardener Adriana Martinez author of the slightly subversive always entertaining urban gardening blog Anarchy in the Garden launches further into the backyard farming foray with a start up business designed to encourage environmental stewardship and promote healthy lifestyles. Anarchy in the Garden home edition will offer affordable professionally built custom raised beds and expert [...]

Summer Solstice in the Long Beach Organic Garden

Long Beach Organic (LBO) once again invites community members, families and friends to attend its annual Summer Solstice Celebration, to be held at the Wild Oats Community Garden on Saturday, June 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The largest of the LBO community gardens, Wild Oats Community Garden is the perfect venue for this [...]

The Growing Experience: Urban farm is a vital link in LB’s green supply chain

The Growing Experience began in 1996, as a joint collaboration between the Community Development Commission (CDC), County of Los Angeles and the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCOOP).  The program seeks to provide public housing residents with an opportunity to access a community garden in an urban setting while also giving them an opportunity to [...]

Wrigley Garden creates affordable delicacies from home-grown produce

Fresh, delicious hand-crafted seasonal jams, preserves, pickles, relishes, sauces and more created by the Wrigley Garden are now available at several locations. Made in small batches from local ingredients, products currently include strawberry jelly, lemon curd, orange-ginger marmalade, rosemary-lemon butter, honey wine jelly and strawberry rhubarb jam and will change with the seasons. Local baker [...]

Long Beach establishes official Community Garden Policy

On Wednesday, April 21, the City’s Parks, Recreation and Marine Department released a citywide Community Garden Policy, which helps identify available park locations where Long Beach residents and organizations can establish a community garden. The Community Garden Policy follows on the heels of the City’s Sustainable City Action Plan, which was approved by the City [...]

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