Graze the Roof

Creatin' Compost. Cultivatin' Community!

2012-01-30T13:36:00.000-08:00

A big "Thank You!" to all the new volunteers who came out to the garden yesterday! We planted a forest of diverse salad greens, buckets of bunching onions and REBUILT OUR COMPOST SYSTEM!

We arranged 9 pallets, used an array of tools like saws, screws, drills, crow bar and our hard working hands to construct the vessel that will house our dynamic compost pile.

Nik Dyer of Purple Carrot Gardening described the needs and elements for any successful compost pile to work, including the ideal dimensions of 3ft * 3ft (which informed our use of wooden pallets), ample moisture, a healthy balance of organic matter: greens (nitrogen) and browns (carbon). Following these simple guidelines, we created conditions for the microorganisms of our pile to stay healthy and fed, while heating up and breaking down the organic matter we add to the pile.

The final product!?! Nutrient rich, organic matter to put back into our thriving rooftop garden system!

Look out for the next edition of our Sunday Workparty/Workshop coming up on February 19th from 1-3pm.
VERMI-LOVE with Booka Alon of Roots to Fruits and Kitchen Garden SF.
Booka will teach us about the benefits of Vermi-composting (composting with worms) and we will build a few worm bins for the garden.

RSVP grazetheroof@gmail.com

Winter in the Garden + REFRESH our COMPOST

2012-01-16T15:06:00.000-08:00

It has been an unusually warm and sunny winter in San Francisco. I know gardeners all over the city who are praying and dancing for rain as well as happily harvesting greens, brassicas, fava beans and radishes from their unusually productive winter gardens. At Graze the Roof we're loving the sun, yet also dancing for rain! ...

This last week during our volunteer workday we harvested a hefty 11.5 lbs from the garden, getting us to a comprehensive 50 lbs since we began our weekly harvest in early November of 2011. When we got to the basement to hand it over to the kitchen crew, we bumped into one of the prep cooks who delightfully dug through the bag of fresh greens, herbs and bulbous radishes! He was excited to work with such fresh and tasty seasonal fare!

In other news, the Graze the Roof crew is visioning for how we want to continue increasing food production as well as designing and building out more niches on the roof, to gather, learn, teach and be...lots of great projects on the horizon! Join us on Thursdays from 10a-2p to be a part of this visioning and support the development of our rooftop garden!

We will be offering more opportunities for the community to experience and work in the garden on Sundays this season. Our first Sunday workparty of the year will be Sunday January 29th from 10a-3p! We will round out our workday with a potluck lunch! Bring something delicious to share!
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REFRESH OUR COMPOST
As gardeners in this fine city, we are learning how important living, breathing soil is to any successful garden community. In our rooftop garden story, we are growing all our goodness in containers. The soil is a dynamic medium that needs a lot of attention. In the spirit of this new year, we want to re-build our compost system to heighten the efficiency and fertility of our soil. Our compost system needs to be REFRESHED and RENEWED. We will be building a classic 3-bin system with pallets and chicken wire. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Join our special Sunday workparty to rebuild our compost!

January 29th 2012
9a - GLIDE Celebration Service
10a - GTR Workday begins...
10:30a - Tour of GTR
11a - GLIDE Celebration Service
12:30 - Tour of GTR
1p-3p - REFRESH OUR COMPOST workparty!
3p - late afternoon potluck! Bring a snack to share! We'll harvest a great big salad from the garden :)
*****(bring your own bowl/plate and utensils)

For a special treat, consider starting your Sunday off by attending one of GLIDE's celebration services at either 9a or 11a. These gatherings of song, compassion and community are inspiring and a great way to connect to the heart of GLIDE.

Feel free to contact Lindsey Goldberg, Project Manager of GTR (grazetheroof@gmail.com) with any questions concerning the workparty and/or other Graze the Roof related inquiries!

Happy gardening!

To a BRIGHT New Year!

2011-12-23T11:22:00.001-08:00

It has been an incredible year for Graze the Roof!

Highlights include:

-Interdisciplinary afterschool and summer enrichment programming in the garden for students of the FYCC Kinder-Teens

-Collaborations with Candice Jacobs (art), Paul Koski (Bees), Bruce McKinley (food, education and advocacy) numerous university student groups, and a burgeoning partnership with the Museum of Craft and Design

-Weekly seasonal harvests for the GLIDE kitchen totalling over 40 lbs in two just 2 months!

-Monthly educational tours in tandem with Sunday Celebrations

-Weekly volunteer workdays

-We've increased our biodiversity tremendously and are cultivating rare, unique and heirloom varieties of FOOD, flowers and native plants!

-We are visioning for the BRIGHT new year and cannot wait to share it with you!

SUNDAY JANUARY 8TH TWO EDUCATIONAL TOURS FOLLOWING CELEBRATION - 10:30A AND 12:30A

JOIN US FOR OUR FIRST VOLUNTEER WORKDAY IN 2012 ON JANUARY 12TH 2012 FROM 10A-2P

email grazetheroof@gmail.com

In gratitude for the opportunity to grow food and community with you all,
Lindsey

Gift to the Garden ACTIVATES fenceline

2011-12-12T15:10:00.001-08:00

In collaboration with Candice Jacobs, Creative Arts Leader of the FYCC (Family, Youth and Childcare Center), our afterschool garden classes (Kinder-Fifth grade) participated in gifting Graze the Roof a vertical garden this holiday season.

The vertical garden consists of dozens of diverse potted succulents and drought-tolerant rosemary strung along the eastern fenceline. Each potted plant is labeled with the child's name and age who is responsible for planting the plant; offering ownership and connection to the environmental stewardship and arts-integrated project.

The children and staff of the FYCC were incredibly respectful in their participation and support of this collaboration. We hope to continue to activate this vertical space into the new year; transforming a chain-link fence into a garden, hummingbird and butterfly sanctuary, and mosaic of art, and living plants!

Gratitude, Nourishment and Community

2011-11-27T19:57:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving morning at GLIDE Memorial Church was buzzing with activity, community, prayer, song, and delicious food.

We harvested 8 pounds of food from the garden to integrate in the free meals program distributing meals to the community over the holiday weekend.

Get to know the plants growing at Graze the Roof

2011-11-18T09:01:00.000-08:00

At Graze the Roof, we have an abundance of BIODIVERSITY; plants of different sizes, shapes, colors, tastes, textures, and functions. The biodiversity of the garden is one of the factors supporting the resiliency, and health of the system.

As my own gardening experience expands and my knowledge and skill-set become more and more refined, I am getting to know, really know and understand the vast world of plants. Like human beings, plants have personalities, tendencies, and unique characteristics. It is fascinating, magical and as I learn more, I become more enchanted by the miracle of life, growth and gardening...and it is so much FUN.

The first plant I am excited to introduce you to is PINEAPPLE SAGE or Salvia Elegans. It is a perennial shrub, meaning that it has an extensive root system and you do not need to re-plant it year after year like many edible annual plants that we know and love: broccoli, tomato, carrot, etc...

The leaves do smell like pineapple and the bright red tubular flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.

In traditional Mexico, this plant is used medicinally to treat anxiety and to lower blood pressure.

It is a beautiful plant and can thrive and be enjoyed in both in a containers or in the ground.

Visit our two pineapple sage plants at Graze the Roof during our volunteer workdays (Thursdays 10-2p or the first Sunday of each month between 10a-1p).

Happy planting!

Gift to the Garden

2011-11-09T20:33:00.001-08:00

Give a GIFT to the Garden this holiday filled season.

In collaboration with Artistic Program Director, Candice Jacobs of the Family Youth and Childcare Center, Graze the Roof is facilitating an arts integration opportunity for the youth in our after-school programming.

BEAUTFIY THE FENCELINE WITH YOUR TREASURES…AND WATCH IT GROW

A chain link fence has GREAT potential! Imagine the fence that surrounds Graze the Roof, GLIDE’s rooftop garden as our canvas…it can be colorful, interesting, imaginative, alive... It can be food, beauty, habitat…how will you leave your mark???

Give a GIFT to the garden by bringing in a container (shoe, tin can, old coffee mug, flower pot, toy truck, etc..) to become a part of our living wall! We will hang our treasures all over the fence, fill ‘em with soil and grow plants out of them!

WHAT WE NEED!...

Bring in a container…all shapes and sizes are encouraged! Please donate your old shoes, vintage boxes, and more to our living wall...help us transform a chain link fence into a vibrant edge of color, creativity and life!

All containers need to be turned in by: MONDAY DECEMBER 5th !!! Please bring to Graze the Roof every Thursday through Nov. 24th, 2011.

THANK YOU!

Email Lindsey at grazetheroof@gmail.com with any questions you may have regarding Gift to the Garden!

Graze the Roof Harvest meets the GLIDE Kitchen!

2011-11-04T17:06:00.000-07:00

WE DID IT!

Over the past few months Graze the Roof has boosted food production and increased biodiversity and overall fertility of the garden and is now READY to offer this great abundance to the GLIDE kitchen. The GLIDE kitchen distributes 60,000 meals a month to community members in need of nourishment. The meal program is supported by food banks and local family farms.

Besides the meal program that serves 3 hot meals a day, seven days a week, GLIDE facilitates community-based nutrition and wellness education programming and advocacy programs for Seniors. The fresh greens and herbs from the rooftop garden will be distributed throughout these different offerings!

On Thursday morning we harvested 9 lbs of food from the garden! We will begin doing a weekly harvest for the kitchen and work with the kitchen team to plant and grow seasonally relevant herbs and vegetables that align with the needs of the dynamic food programs run by the kitchen team!

Thank you to all the volunteers for your support in boosting production and making this dream a reality!

Join us on Thursdays from 10a-2p to continue the dynamic cultivation of a food forest within the Tenderloin.

Email grazetheroof@gmail.com with comments, questions and/or ideas for raising awareness about this inspiring food security project.

Bunker Bags full of Spawn!

2011-11-04T16:58:00.001-07:00

Using an urban mushroom cultivation technique as taught by Paul Staments in Mycellium Running . We created bunker bags yesterday during the workday! Graze the Roof now has 9 bunker bags sprinkled throughout the garden. A bunker bag is a burlap sack filled with layers of pasteurized straw and sawdust bricks filled with mushroom spawn. In the photos look under the milk-crate raised beds to see our bunker bags nestled underneath the crates as a shade-loving understory.

Thank you to Four Barrel Coffee on Valencia St. in the Mission for the donation of burlap sacks and to Far West Fungi in Moss Landing for the donation of the mushroom bricks. And a BIG thank you to all the volunteers who came out to make it happen!

Mushroom Gardens come to the Roof

2011-11-02T09:45:00.001-07:00

FUNGUS is fascinating, colorful and as a new forager of the forest, hunting for wild edible mushrooms, I have to say, fungus is fabulous! Mushrooms are rich in nutrition: vitamins and minerals as well as dense with regenerative properties, medicinal benefits and research shows we can partner with mushrooms for sustainable bioremediation projects. I'm a fan of fungus and as a gardener and foodie love this time of year because it is mushroom season in the forest and have always been intrigued by the idea of growing my own mushrooms...

Far West Fungi is a local, family run business that grows mushrooms and distributes widely. You can find their mushrooms at the Ferry Building and at farmer's markets around the city. They had an open house on Sunday to share the magnificence of their mushroom production; to teach and empower fungi.philes to grow their own gourmet mushrooms at home. We made the trek to beautiful Moss Landing where we met other folks passionate about mushrooms and the dynamics of urban agriculture.

We left Far West Fungi with trunk full of saw dust bricks colonized by shitake and oyster mushroom spawn...the foundation for creating a vibrant mushroom garden.

This week's volunteer workday will focus on creating mushroom gardens in the shady wet regions under our raised beds!

...Also I just observed oyster mushrooms growing out of our compost bin! Amazing!

Come on up to the roof this THURSDAY NOV. 3rd from 10a-2p to learn about and participate in the installation of mushroom gardens!

See you then!

-Lindsey

Fall Flowers, Autumn Abundance

2011-10-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Each of the photos tells a story; these are stories of seasonality, microclimate, taste, color, texture, habitat, nourishment, learning, community and wonder.

As we work together in community week after week, we learn more and more about the rooftop where we garden. The potential for growing an abundant food system in the Tenderloin is huge! We aspire offer our abundant harvest to the GLIDE kitchen so that a fresh salad of mixed heirloom greens or fresh herbs to season and flavor can be enjoyed by those benefitting from the meals program at least once a week.

Yesterday during the volunteer workday, we planted six heads of garlic, built foundations to support our milk-crate container raised beds, and marveled at the robust size of our arugula growing at the base of the lime tree.

We had visits from nurses who work in the health clinic on the 6th floor, they enjoy their lunch in the garden every Thursday, past volunteers and students from UC Berkeley interested in helping to raise awareness about Graze the Roof throughout San Francisco and the greater Bay Area.

Under the hot autumn sun, we laughed, celebrated, turned and sifted compost, planted and created.

We hope you'll join us next Thursday from 10a-2p for our weekly opportunity to support the food forest atop GLIDE Memorial Church.

email grazetheroof@gmail.com with any questions/comments you may have!

THANK YOU

Vibrant and Bountiful!

2011-10-14T14:28:00.001-07:00

The garden is thriving thanks to the spectacular October weather we are having: sunshine and light fall rain. What a blessing it is to step into the garden; I find myself in awe of the colors, the diversity and abundance that fills our garden beds and containers!

Graze the Roof is looking for an Intern to support our youth education programming in the garden!

If you are interested, please contact: grazetheroof@gmail.com

JOIN US NEXT WEEK: THURSDAY OCT. 20TH FROM 10A-2P
COMMUNITY LUNCH EVERY WEEK AT 1:30P... BRING SOMETHING DELICIOUS TO SHARE!

GOLDEN and DELICIOUS

2011-09-26T22:14:00.001-07:00

WE EXTRACTED 20 LBS OF HONEY FROM THE BEE HIVES!

The honey is in jars and will be on sale soon! There are only 40 precious bottles of this delicious, sweet and floral honey made by our hardworking honey bees. Contact Grazetheroof@gmail.com if interested in purchasing a jar for friends, family and/or to enjoy with a bowl of yogurt in the morning! All of the money goes to keep our community garden growing!

Thank you!

Harvesting the Abundance

2011-09-16T15:22:00.000-07:00

these photos provide a taste of what's in season!

JOIN US FOR OUR WEEKLY WORKDAY TO TASTE FOR YOURSELF!

THURSDAYS
10a-2p

CONTACT: GRAZETHEROOF@GMAIL.COM
With questions, ideas, and thoughts you'd like to share! We'd love to hear from you!

The Tastes of Summer

2011-09-13T20:53:00.000-07:00

TOMATOES
TOMATOES
TOMATOES

25 plants are happy, green and the fruits of our stewardship are hanging heavy and ripe from their fertile branches! Graze the Roof has tomatoes!

Please join us in our extended late summer-early fall hours of 10a-2p each Thursday to taste a tomato, turn the compost, build soil, container garden construction, weed, water, and experience the continued transformation of a rooftop into a thriving and abundant food system.

Integrating the GLIDE kitchen/meal distribution program has been a part of the long-term vision of Graze the Roof since it’s inception. In recent weeks we have been retrieving coffee grounds from the Thursday morning brew to help heat our compost, as well as food scraps to feed the worms in the vermicomposting bin. These are steps we are actively taking in collaboration with the kitchen team to integrate these two food/community centers within the GLIDE Foundation.

This week, September 12th-16th, FYCC garden classes start up again. This season Kinder, 1st and 2nd grade as well as 3rd through 5th grade will all get the opportunity to spend time in the garden on a weekly basis! The youthful energy truly helps the essence of the garden to come alive!

Calling all honey-bee lovers! ... DON’T FORGET!

HONEY HARVESTING WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 24TH
10a-12p
Meet at 330 Ellis St.
RSVP: grazetheroof@gmail.com
***Suggested Donation

I AM GLIDE

2011-08-23T20:11:00.000-07:00

GLIDE - I Am GLIDE - Graze the Roof from GLIDE on Vimeo.

HONEY HARVEST IS ON THE HORIZON

2011-08-22T12:13:00.000-07:00

Paul Koski of San Francisco Bee Keepers Association joined last week at the end of the volunteer day and we went into the hiveS! ...Our bee colony was doing so well over the past couple of weeks, that Paul decided that we better split the hive into two hives to prevent a swarm; this happens on occasion if the colony becomes too large for it's present accommodations, which can inspire the queen to take her colony from it's hive out into the world in search of a better fit, be it a tree, barn eves or in the case of an urban environment, billboards....

We now have two hives with two happy, healthy and fertile queens. The honey supers (top box) is filling up with nectar and capped honey! In a couple of weeks, it will be time to harvest the honey, bottle it and share it with the community as a fundraiser for Graze the Roof and other greening projects at GLIDE.

JOIN US:

SEPTEMBER 24TH 2011
10A-12NOON
HARVEST HONEY
with Paul Koski of the SF Bee Keepers Association
Free community workshop!

Learn about bee keeping in the city!
Harvest Honey!
Support Graze the Roof!

RSVP: grazetheroof@gmail.com

A Summer of gardening and cooking!

2011-08-01T22:15:00.000-07:00

This summer Graze the Roof partnered with FYCC's Teen Program to launch the first annual "A Taste of Place," an eight-week series that brought together the worlds of gardening and cooking. This program became one of the cornerstones of the dynamic Teen Program, serving GLIDE youth 14-18 throughout the summer.

From cheese making, to sowing seeds, transplanting seedlings, to nutrition education and fresh garbanzo bean hummus; the Teens were invited to explore the colorful and delicious world of local food from seed to celebration!

Sweet Summer Sunshine Invigorates Garden

2011-07-07T20:22:00.000-07:00

The garden is flourishing thanks to the volunteers old and new, and of course the incredible the summer sunshine!

If you've been coming to the garden regularly, if you've just had a first visit, or if it's been awhile since you've worked in the garden, I want to thank you for your interest in urban gardening, your creativity, your questions, your participation, joyful presence and willingness to support Graze the Roof. We could not do it without you!

I will be away next Thursday July 14th; I will be participating in a week-long garden teacher training course at Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, there will not be a volunteer workday next week. I hope to see you all the following week, Thursday July 21st from noon-2pm!

Also....We have our monthly workshop approaching on Saturday July 23rd on Art and Meditation in the Garden from 10-noon. Please let me know if you'd like to attend (RSVP requested: grazetheroof@gmail.com). The workshop is open to all, please tell your friends, it would be wonderful to have a big group to share this special workshop with.

In the garden:

Tomatos are fruiting
Basil smells good and tastes delicious
Sunflowers have opened!
Youth in the teen series have planted heirloom beans that they started in their classroom
Greenhouse got a makeover
Garden beds have name tags
Worms are flourishing
Bees are busy and buzzing, we added a 'honey super' to encourage honey storage for late summer, early fall honey harvest
...so much color, fragrance, texture, nourishment and deep peace...

Celebrate the Sunshine!
Garden in the city!

-Lindsey
Project Manager and Educator

Summer Season is sparkling!

2011-06-10T15:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday marked the first week of Graze the Roof and the FYCC's summer season in the garden.
With the first and second graders, we spent the morning discussing Garden Agreements, agreements that will help us have fun, stay safe and learn a lot all summer long! The students presented the agreements they came up with in their small groups and we created one big poster that everyone signed that is hanging at the entrance to the garden. We wrapped up our session reading a story about a Community Garden located in San Francisco and talked about all of the tasks, creatures, and yummy plants associated with community gardening.

The Kinder class is back! A group of curious, and imaginative Kinders came to the garden just as the sun was warming the rooftop, we made our agreements around the picnic table and then started exploring. It had been awhile since these children had been on the roof and there was a lot to observe. The new vermi-composting system (worm bin) was an exciting discovery. Lizette giggled as the worms danced on her palm and Ashley piled 55 worms in her hand and then shared them with the rest of the group! We tasted flowers and looked at the baby carrots.

A busy workday of planting succulents in burlap pockets along the fenceline, painting signs, planting flowers, turning the compost, and feeding the trees.

We had a visit from Jane Kim the district representative and a visit from our Integrated Pest Management expert in preparation for a workshop on the topic on June 25th, (rsvp: grazetheroof@gmail.com).

In the afternoon, I met the group of teens in the Teen Program and we began, "The Taste of Place," an 8-week series bringing the world of cooking and gardening together. After journaling and a rich discussion of food culture and tradition, went up to the roof to meet the garden. We took a great tour, coinciding with Paul Koski, (the beekeeper)'s weekly visit to the hive. The students asked great questions, we laughed together and got to witness thousands of bees dance in and out of the hive. We wrapped up our session with weeding, watering and harvesting, celebrating the day with big fresh salad of lettuce, mustard greens, sugar snap peas, purple carrots, and nasturium flowers. Yum!

What a day!
I love summer!

Tomatoes!

2011-05-26T22:43:00.000-07:00

When the first edition of Golden Gate Gardening was published, gardeners throughout San Francisco had a resource rooted in the soil of our home; the chapters of this manual tended by a gardener and educator Pamela Pierce. This seminal work continues to inspire, empower and support gardeners all over the city, from small scale planters on balconies to 2.2 acre urban farms in the heart of San Francisco, Pam Pierce is a legend to those of us with green thumb!

She contacted Graze the Roof recently in regards to offering the garden tomato plants. Pam Pierce was not just offering any tomato plants, she was offering diverse varieties known for resisting late blight (a disease that can negatively affect the health and harvest of a tomato plant) and for thriving in the unique microclimates of San Francisco. These are plants that Pam started in her laboratory at City College of San Francisco. Thank you Pam!

Pam's research and writing can be found at : www.pampeirce.com

Today was a beautiful day on the roof; sunshine and a cool, refreshing breeze encouraged productivity, camaraderie and creativity. Around noon we were joined by members of the Glide staff who decided to organize a communal picnic lunch and enjoy it on the roof together. Their picnic (as you can see in the photo) was colorful and delicious!

Heirloom lettuce is thriving, carrots have sprouted, tomatos stand tall, peas are flowering, kales are developing and the garden has new lessons for us every week. Tis the season to grow, and to garden. Join us EVERY THURSDAY 11a-2pm!

See you on the roof!

Next workshop is scheduled for June 18th: Integrated Pest Management - The natural way to manage garden pest. Contact grazetheroof@gmail.com to register.

Have a wonderful holiday weekend!
Throw some fava beans on the grill, they're superb!

Bioregionalism and Discoveries throughout the Tenderloin

2011-05-16T17:28:00.001-07:00

Bioregions are defined by Peter Berg Director of Planet Drum as "Life-Place," a cultural and natural landscape where one lives. Connecting to our "Life-Place," is integral to developing understanding of and appreciation for the natural world and how we as human beings inhabiting bioregions can support the greater equilibrium of Place.

In the workshop at Graze the Roof on Saturday, Peter invited us to make a map of the places where we live. We were asked, draw the closest water body to where you sleep, to draw/label native flora and fauna, to draw the type of soil that dominates the land where you live, the highest peaks near your home, and the best and worst contributions of humans to their respective bioregions. Each participant's map had it's own unique flavor and character. I was filled with a deep sense of inquiry, wondering aloud how I, a passionate steward of the natural world, a gardener, an educator did not know the answers to many of these seemingly fundamental questions about Living in Place. I came to the conclusion that this was the beginning of a practice. These questions are opportunities to learn more about the Place that I live and feel so connected to, a chance to discover the layers of beauty that make the Bioregion of Northern California such a special place to be from and to live.

After a morning of mapping we began our journey onto rooftops and into the streets of the Tenderloin to explore the different projects that support the ecological balance, habitat, beauty, community and education. We toured Graze the Roof, and the rooftop garden atop the CW House next door to Glide Memorial Church's Foundation Building.

From the rooftops to the streets. We walked toward a project on Ellis called the Tenderloin National Forest. An alley that has been stewarded by artists since 1989; it is now a community commons, where people of all ages can gather for public art, performance, experimental art projects and classes connected to supporting this inner city garden and art space. I was overwhelmed to discover such a radiant project embodying transformation. When we arrived, the forest was brimming with artists busy at work creating a Hydro-Labratory, water features, tending to succulents and shrubbery, warming themselves by the earthen oven and hanging signs made from recycled materials. It was phenomenal!

http://www.luggagestoregallery.org/tnf/

Connecting to the Places we Live inspires stewardship, community and possibility!

Bees and Basil!

2011-05-03T14:40:00.000-07:00

The morning and early afternoon sparkled! Warm sunshine and bright blue skies supported the freshening of garden beds and the spring planting of six different varieties of heirloom tomatoes and basil plants, as well as dozens of sweat pea plants delicious fava beans!!!

Thank you to Purple Carrot, Flatland Flower Farm and Occidental Arts and Ecology center for your donations of fava beans, carrot seeds, pea plants and the robust and vibrant plant sales over the weekend where much of our new plants have come from!

http://www.ilovepurplecarrot.com/
http://www.cuesa.org/farm/flatland-flower-farm
http://www.oaec.org/

As we were enjoying a picnic lunch at the center table, nursing students from the health clinic joined us, and we found ourselves in joyful conversation. It is wonderful when the greater Glide staff community makes use of the rooftop garden, as a place to harvest seasonal produce, learn new skills, develop appreciation for the natural world and growing cycle as well as build community!!!

Paul Koski, our resident Bee Keeper, called as we were finishing lunch and said he'd drop by to install the bees!!! We were thrilled and prepared for Paul's arrival. He came with a wooden bee box(hive) all taped up. He said this infant bee colony had been settling into this new hive for about a week. Paul informed us that an infant bee colony such as ours, most likely holds 7000-7500 bees!!! This colony could support up to 60,000 bees! Wow!

As we were observing the bees during the installation, we discovered the queen and lots of healthy larvae.

Paul will come back to check on the bees in about two weeks!

Bee well!

:)

More opportunities to Volunteer, Learn, and Grow Food!

2011-04-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

A colorful and bountiful harvest was gathered on Thursday afternoon during the workday! Orange, deep red and white carrots, purple potatoes, mint, parsley, green onion, leek, chiogga beets, and more!

Join us on the roof on Thursdays from 11-2 and during the month of May on Tuesdays too (11a-2pm)!

During the month of May we plan to do a lot of planting, paint educational signs, fix up the greenhouse and take care of our newly designed worm bin and recently installed bee hive. Come and say hi to the worms and observe the bees do their dance of pollination!!!

We need you to keep the garden growing. Volunteer workdays are an amazing way to contribute to this special project and learn and/or relearn skills under the vibrant umbrella of urban farming. Grow food, make friends, get dirty and celebrate the sweetness of spring!

Email grazetheroof@gmail.com with questions, curiosities or ideas! We'd love to hear from you.

MAY 14th Workshop in Bioregionalism and connection to place facilitated by Planet Drum. If you are interested please RSVP to grazetheroof@gmail.com.

Happy Spring!

Earth Day in the City

2011-04-21T23:42:00.001-07:00

There are so many ways to connect to Mother Earth in San Francisco, a city abundant in parks and green spaces. The opportunity to connect to nature amidst the urban environment is such a blessing! Time spent in nature is nurturing, healing and incredibly joyful.

This weekend is all about Earth Day and our great city offers lots of diverse ways to celebrate the Earth!
Join Graze the Roof this Saturday at the Civic Center Plaza for EARTH DAY SF!

http://www.earthdaysf.com/

We'll have a booth and would love to see you/meet you! Discover ways to participate in urban agriculture projects all over the city, learn a new homesteading skill, make a new friend, enjoy some delicious seasonal goodies, honor the farmworkers, and most importantly celebrate, celebrate, celebrate!

In the spirit of stewardship, community and connection to place,
HAPPY EARTH DAY!

Shitakes and Oysters Nestled within the Garden

2011-04-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

Urban mushroom cultivation requires a passion for the fruit of the earth! Oh and did we feel impassioned this past Saturday when Nik Dyer led us in an conversation about the life cycle, biology and ecology of mushrooms. From bioremediation, to medicinal properties to culinary treasures, mushrooms, or more aptly stated, mycellium, the heart of the fungal network is responsible for so much of the dynamic equilibrium that holds our ecosystemic balance in place, not to mention that mushrooms and mycellium embody great potential for healing, nourishment and artistic inspiration.

As a group, the workshop participants represented diverse walks of life, professional endeavors and personal hobbies; we live all over San Francisco and the East Bay and each have a unique connection to the enchanting world of mushrooms. We learned in community and then we worked in community! Together, under the sun, we worked hard to create a mushroom garden for Graze the Roof; shredding and pasteurizing straw, filling burlap sacks with straw and shitake spawn and drilling holes in oak logs which we filled with inoculated dowles of oyster spawn.

The mushroom garden is now nestled among the other edible and beautiful elements that make up Graze the Roof!
Come check it out!

THIS THURSDAY 4/14 - VOLUNTEER WORKDAY SPECIAL HOURS: 3pm-5pm

FUNGUS AMONG US!

2011-04-03T22:43:00.000-07:00

GRAZE THE ROOF PRESENTS:

"FUNGUS AMONG US!"
Introduction to the Wonderful World of Mushrooms and
Urban Mushroom Cultivation

DATE: Saturday April 9th 2011

LOCATION: Graze the Roof, 330 Ellis Street, San Francisco

TIME: 10:30a-12:30p

PRICE: Sliding Scale, pay what you can: $5-$20

RSVP: Spaces are limited! Email grazetheroof@gmail.com to reserve your spot for this unique learning opportunity!

This two hour workshop will start with a brief introduction to the basic biology and ecology of the mycelial fruit we call mushrooms. Participants will then learn about how to cultivate several choice culinary mushrooms as they help install a mini-mushroom farm on the roof. Two techniques will be explained and demonstrated: spawn inoculation in bunker bags (burlap sacks filled with straw), and plug spawn inoculation in logs. Everyone will take home some shitake spawn; and hopefully also the inspiration to grow mushrooms at home!

Nik Dyer, workshop presenter, has a BA in Agroecology from UCSC, a MA in Ecological Agriculture from New College of California, a permaculture design certificate and over 10 years hands on experience in agriculture and horticulture. He is also an avid fungophile who loves to share his passion for foraging and cultivating mushrooms with anyone who shows the slightest amount of interest. He is the sole proprietor of Purple Carrot, an edible garden design and education company based in San Francisco. Please visit his website: www.purplecarrotgardening.com

Keep an eye out for future workshops:
* May 14th, 10am - 4pm, "Planet Drum Foundation" - A Bioregional Ecology Exploration of the Tenderloin
* June 18th, 11am - 1pm, "Integrated Pest Management" - Controlling Garden Pests
* July 23rd, 11am - 1pm, "Art & Meditation in the Garden" - A Holistic Garden Experience
* Honey extraction, aquaponics, fruit trees, permaculture, natural building, composting, worm bins, and more.. dates TBD!!

**All workshops take place at Glide Foundation at 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco. Proceeds will help cover the cost of implementing a rooftop beehive as part of Graze the Roof, an education and demonstration rooftop container vegetable garden on the roof of Glide Foundation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Come learn about Mushrooms and support Graze the Roof! ***

Empowerment and Urban Gardens

2011-03-11T15:54:00.001-08:00

Yesterday a group a college students from South Carolina joined the volunteer work party. This diverse group of young leaders stepped onto the rooftop wanting to discuss empowerment, application of rooftop gardening techniques to small-scale home gardening, and the transformative edge between youth education and the urban food and farming movement.

This movement empowers. Why? Because the fundamental act of gardening or farming, of getting your hands in the soil, cultivating fertility, biodiversity and nourishment, in tandem with awakening seasonal awareness and a sensibility of life's interconnections is essential to evolving humanity's eco-literacy.

As we toured the garden, we discussed the different techniques that we use on the roof to compost, produce a yield, experiment with different containers to grow food, practical tips on what to plant, how to plant seeds, yield potential and the educational branch, and community outreach component that is core to the urban food and farming movement.

These young leaders have vision. They are gaining skills and experience that will fuel their respective work to feed, nurture and educate the collective.

Weeding, Refreshing, and Watering

2011-03-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

The chard sparkles and the spinach sprouts look vibrant and healthy, the garden feels and smells fresh on a surprisingly sunny and warm Thursday morning. There is a sweet quiet that permeates the rooftop garden. In the heart of the tenderloin, traffic swirls below, and yet seven floors up, the static, the layered rhythms of city living seem to melt away. I am present with the colors of the garden; the bountiful food growing in milk crates, and five gallon buckets captivates my senses. I notice bees buzzing amongst the flowerbeds and a few ladybugs crawling up the yarrow.

The first volunteer, Ruby arrives, and begins making her rounds, weeding and tending to the plants. Joseph arrives, sets down his stuff and brews up some worm tea to fertilize our flowering fruit trees.

Thanks to a donation from Four Barrel Coffee in the Mission, we had a hefty stack of burlap sacks. Joseph began taking measurements and repurposing the coffee sacks to serve as an aesthetic covering for our white plastic buckets that make up much of our container garden and needed to be “refreshed.”

Caroline joins us around noon with her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Full of passion and enthusiasm for all things community, we discuss future plans for a summer rooftop bbq and volunteer appreciation event. Caroline waters the thirsty garden; we go in and out of conversation, each of us involved in our own tasks while working on a collective vision.

Around 1:30 we pause, drank a lot of cool water and ate at the community picnic table, the moment was rich with laughter, life lessons, and birthday invitations.

The afternoon sun high in the sky, we said our goodbyes and each went our separate ways, after having shared a highly productive, creative, and fruitful volunteer workday on the roof.

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Seeding the roof. Grazing the roof. Celebrating the roof.

2011-02-07T23:30:00.000-08:00

Rooftops: surfaces with incredible potential. The rooftop garden at Glide Memorial Church exemplifies the possibilities.

Herbs, vegetables and flowers, a greenhouse, a picnic table, a vermicompost system (compost with worms) is a classroom, a community gathering space, a volunteer opportunity and a place to find nourishment. I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to teach and learn with the students from the Family, Youth and Childcare Center.

This afternoon was beautiful, clear skies, sunshine and a light, cool breeze. I met the kinder class at the FYCC and we walked over to Glide, with a snack of goldfish in hand to feed the worms on the roof. We broke up the goldfish into little worm bite-sized pieces and sprinkled the bright orange cracker on the top of the pile. “Mmmmmm….it smells so good in here,” commented Joshua. We peer into the pile and notice that the top layer was laden with fresh herbs: dill, thyme, mint and parsley. Yum! These worms eat well!

We gather around the center picnic table and I scatter mung bean seeds on the table. We each look closely at the seeds. Green, round, smooth andsmall; we discuss how seeds can be as big as our head, as in a coconut and smaller than an ant. Seed size, color, and texture are so varied. We talk about what seeds need to spout: water, sunshine, soil and air...we experiment with the mung beans: we put 3.5 tablespoons of beans into a mason jar and pour 1 cup of water over them. We screw on a lid, letting the seeds soak in the water. Over the next week, these seeds will be rinsed twice a day, to encourage germination (sprouting) and then when we meet again next Thursday we can see how the seeds have transformed and maybe taste them too!

After our experiment, we go over to a planter box that is ready to be planted and we learn how to plant seeds. We each plant dozens of spinach seeds in the soil! Each week we return to the rooftop garden we can observe the growth of our seeds. We made sure to label the areas where we planted so we could remember what we planted and who planted where.

To round out our session, we helped the garden with the harvest and learned how to pick radishes and peas. We discovered pink, and red and white radishes, and lots of sweet peas growing out of white flowers on the vine.

Finally, as the sun was getting low in the sky, we worm-wiggled our way into a closing circle, we each shared our favorite thing from the day, while some of us munched on peas and radishes, and we left the rooftop just as pink wispy clouds began to color the sky.

I can’t wait till next week!

Lindsey Goldberg
Graze the Roof | Youth Educator

Cecil Williams Glide Community House Opening Celebration

2010-10-26T16:05:00.000-07:00

Cecil Williams Glide Community House Opening Celebration
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
4:00pm-6:00pm

Location: Cecil Williams Glide Community House
333 Taylor Street, San Francisco

Description: Cecil Williams Glide Community House will be having an opening celebration showcasing its new edible rooftop garden on Wednesday Nov. 3rd from 4:00-6:00. The main program begins at 5:00pm. The garden features various raised garden planters, a miniature greenhouse, a storage shed, a rainwater harvesting system, a worm composting system and a beautiful mural designed by residents. This vibrant space benefits both the community and the environment and was made possible through San Francisco’s Community Challenge Grant Program and the San Francisco Zen Center, whose expertise in gardening and organic farming helped catalyze the project. Come celebrate the creation of this space with us!

Support our work by bringing your friends and community members and don’t forget to bring your checkbooks. You will be invited to give a donation at the event to support the ongoing success of this project.

Global Climate Solutions Workday at Glide's Rooftop Gardens

2010-09-30T13:15:00.001-07:00

Date: Sunday, October 10th
Description: Join the Glide Foundation, Bay Localize, SF Zen Center and 350.org on 10/10/10 for a taste of a local solution to the global climate challenge! This workday will support the Graze the Roof and the new rooftop garden at the Cecil Williams Glide Community House in providing fresh produce and gardening education services to the community. Volunteers will help with painting, light construction, and ongoing maintenance of the projects. Roll up your sleeves and join us in growing local solutions from the rooftop up!
Time: 10 AM - 1PM
Target volunteer turnout: 10-12
Location: ***Cecil Williams Glide Community House, 333 Taylor St, San Francisco***
RSVP Required: GrazetheRoof@gmail.com

Introduction to Rainwater Catchment: A Hands-On Workshop and Installation! Saturday, September 11th

2010-08-28T12:19:00.001-07:00

WORKSHOP: Introduction to Rainwater Catchment: A Hands-On Workshop and Installation!
DESCRIPTION: This class will cover the basics of rainwater catchment. Workshop participants will learn about how much rain potential there is, storage options, best practices, parts needed, and codes and regulations. Then we will work together to install a two 55-gallon barrel rainwater catchment system as part of the new rooftop garden project located on top of Glide's Cecil Williams Community House. The workshop will be facilitated by Laura Allen of Greywater Action- an organization educating about sustainable water practices. Hope you can join us!
DATE: Saturday, September 11, 2010
TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
COST: $15 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
LOCATION: Cecil Williams Community House, 333 Taylor St. San Francisco, CA 94110
RSVP: Required. Please RSVP to grazetheroof@gmail.com

Beekeeping in the City: Introduction to Honey Extraction! Sunday, September 12th

2010-08-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

Beekeeping in the City - Introduction to Honey Extraction!
DESCRIPTION: This class will cover the basics of honey extraction, and teach you how to use a simple hand-crank honey extractor. Each participant will take home one of Glide’s first jars of Honey! Don't wear your best clothes. It may get sticky!

DATE: Sunday, September 12, 2010
TIME: 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
COST: $20 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
LOCATION: Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis St. San Francisco, CA 94110
RSVP: RSVP required. Please RSVP to grazetheroof@gmail.com

Proceeds will help cover the cost of purchasing extraction and bottling supplies!

Beekeeping in the City: Introduction to Hive Management! Saturday, April 17th

2010-03-22T11:59:00.001-07:00

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010

Time: 11am-1pm

- Hive Health - First Inspection & Hive Maintenance
- Honey Production and Storage
- Extraction Techniques

Cost: $15 - Suggested donation ($10 if you attended the first workshop)

Location: Glide Foundation, 330 Ellis St. San Francisco, CA 94102

RSVP: GrazetheRoof@gmail.com

**All workshops take place at Glide Foundation at 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco. Proceeds will help cover the cost of implementing a rooftop beehive as part of Graze the Roof, an education and demonstration rooftop container vegetable garden on the roof of Glide Foundation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Come learn about Beekeeping and support Graze the Roof! ***

Community BBQ and Potluck! Saturday, April 10th

2010-03-22T11:49:00.000-07:00

What: A Community Rooftop BBQ and Potluck! Bring your friends and family and something to share. It won’t be a success without you!

When: Saturday, April 10th from 11:00am-1:00pm

Where: The rooftop garden at 330 Ellis St. Please take the elevator to the 5th floor and walk up two flights of stairs to the roof. Please note that the rooftop is not ADA accessible.

***We will provide some veggie kabobs and grilled chicken but it won’t be enough for everyone. Please bring something to share!***

Graze the Roof Spring Workshop Series: Introduction to Beekeeping and Beehive Management!

2010-02-25T14:19:00.000-08:00

Graze the Roof would like to invite you to our spring workshop series on Beekeeping in the City. Susan Prentice and Paul Koski of the San Francisco Beekeepers Association will be co-facilitating both workshops and we invite you to learn alongside Graze the Roof, through this hands-on workshop series as we kick off our first season of Beekeeping on at Glide Foundation!

RSVP to GrazetheRoof@gmail.com. You don't want to miss out!

Introduction to Beekeeping
Saturday, March 13, 2010
$30 (suggested donation)
9am - 3:30pm
RSVP to GrazetheRoof@gmail.com
- Benefits
- Bee Biology (Anatomy & Behavior)
- Getting Started (Equipment Types, Set-Up and Use)

Introduction to Hive Management
Saturday, April 17, 2010
11am-1:00pm
$15 (suggested donation)
RSVP to GrazetheRoof@gmail.com
- Hive Health (First Inspection and Hive Maintenance)
- Honey Production and Storage
- Extraction Techniques

**All workshops take place at Glide Foundation at 330 Ellis Street in San Francisco. Proceeds will help cover the cost of implementing a rooftop beehive as part of Graze the Roof, an education and demonstration rooftop container vegetable garden on the roof of Glide Foundation. No one turned away for lack of funds. Come learn about Beekeeping and support Graze the Roof! ***

BBQ Today 2/6/10 Cancelled

2010-02-06T09:54:00.000-08:00

The Community BBQ scheduled for today has been cancelled due to grey skies and rain :( We will reschedule it to another day with clear skies and sun (TBD) :)

Thank you and sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Graze the Roof Community BBQ

2010-02-04T09:28:00.001-08:00

You Are Invited To Join Us for a Graze the Roof Community BBQ!!!

When: This Saturday, February 6th from 11:00am-1pm

Where: The rooftop garden at 330 Ellis St. Please take the elevator to the 5th floor and walk up two flights of stairs to the roof. Please note that the rooftop is not ADA accessible.

What: A Community Rooftop BBQ. Come celebrate a new year of rooftop gardening at Glide. Bring your friends and family and something to share. It won’t be a success without you!

***We will provide some veggie Kabobs, some grilled chicken and a little something to drink but it won’t be enough for everyone***

Introduction to Rooftop Gardening at Garden for the Environment this Saturday!

2009-10-22T15:19:00.001-07:00

INTRODUCTION TO ROOFTOP GARDENING
Date: Saturday, October 24th, 2009
Time: 10AM – 12:00NOON
Location: Garden for the Environment, 7th Ave at Lawton Street, San Francisco
Cost: $15

Do you find yourself gazing out across the urban landscape imagining a roofscape of lush green and food producing gardens? Roof gardens are being implemented as an attractive and effective response to the urban challenges by providing numerous environmental and health benefits. In this workshop we will showcase inspiring roof gardens from around the world, discuss the many benefits, introduce various methods and technologies and demonstrate how to build your own self-watering container so you can be a part of roofscape transformation here in the Bay Area. Join GFE and Maya Donelson from Graze the Roof as we take urban agriculture to the next level! (Image of Maya Donelson by Peter DaSilva for the NY Times)

To pre-register, please call (415) 731-5627, or email info@gardenfortheenvironment.org.

October Workshop: Introduction to Seed Saving!

2009-09-24T13:07:00.000-07:00

Date: October 10th
Time: 11AM – 1PM
Cost: $10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds).
Location: Glide Foundation (330 Ellis St @ Taylor St, San Francisco, CA)
Must RSVP in advance to GrazeTheRoof [at] gmail [dot] com.

Do you want to be able to save your own seeds? Come to this workshop to learn basic seed saving skills, techniques, and philosophies. From keeping up heirloom varieties to creating new vegetable types suited to your climate, this workshop will get you started in the ancient and satisfying tradition of seed saving.

September Workshop: Introduction to Rooftop Gardening

2009-09-01T16:04:00.000-07:00

Date: September 12th
Time: 11AM – 1PM
Cost: $10 donation (no one turned away for lack of funds).
Location: Glide Foundation (330 Ellis St @ Taylor St, San Francisco, CA)
Must RSVP in advance to GrazeTheRoof [at] gmail [dot] com.

Do you find yourself gazing out across the urban landscape imagining a roofscape of lush green and food producing gardens? Roof gardens are being implemented as an attractive and effective response to urban challenges by providing numerous environmental and health benefits. In this workshop we will showcase inspiring roof gardens from around the world, discuss the many benefits, introduce various types and technologies and demonstrate how to build your own self-watering container so you can be a part of the roofscape transformation here in the Bay Area. Come join us!

August Workshop: Introduction to Beekeeping

2009-07-27T15:10:00.000-07:00

Saturday, August 8, 2009
Workshop: Introduction to Beekeeping in the City
11AM - 1 PM

Are you interested in learning the basics of beekeeping in the city? What about beekeeping on rooftops? Graze the Roof is excited to learn more about the possibility and invites you to join us for a presentation and discussion given by Susan Prentice and Paul Koski of the San Francisco Beekeepers Association where they will discuss the importance of bees and will discuss the time and cost of beekeeping, what equipment is needed, where to put a hive, how to extract honey and general maintenance and upkeep requirements. Anyone interested in bees and their impact on our environment are welcome to attend.

Suggested $10-15 donation, benefiting Graze the Roof (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Please RSVP in Advance to Grazetheroof [at] gmail [dot] com. If more than 15 people RSVP we will try host the presentation in a larger room!

Graze the Roof Featured in the New York Times

2009-06-19T11:56:00.000-07:00

From the NYT 6/12/09: "City dwellers have long cultivated pots of tomatoes on top of their buildings. But farming in the sky is a fairly recent development..."

July Workshop: Build a Raised Bed out of Milk Crates

2009-05-18T22:14:00.000-07:00

Saturday, July 11, 2009
Workshop: Build a Raised Bed out of Milk Crates
11AM - 3PM (new time)
Come enjoy a short and entertaining video on How-to Build a 2'x4' Raised Planter Bed, directed and edited by local filmmaker Mariana Lopez and then participate in a hands-on workshop where you will learn how to build one bed from start to finish. These containers are not only elegant, but affordable and made from reclaimed milk crates and refurbished shipping pallets. The planters are also strategically designed to capture, reduce, and re-use runoff and are appropriate for rooftops, patios, and contaminated sites. Come prepared to get a little dirty and engage in cutting, sanding, staining, nailing, and mixing soil.

Suggested $5 donation, benefiting Graze the Roof (no one turned away for lack of funds).

Space limited. Please RSVP to GrazeTheRoof [at] gmail [dot] com to attend.

Workshops Every 2nd Saturday of the Month
(times may vary)

Continue to View Past Workshops:

Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Herbal Kitchen
Intro to growing your own herbs for use in cooking and medicine. We will look at the culinary and medicinal uses of common culinary herbs, growing herbs in a container garden or on a windowsill and then participate in a hands-on workshop making either a herbal vinegar or dried spice combination. Everyone will leave with a creative condiment to use in their kitchen!

Saturday, May 9, 2009
How-to Build a Potato Tower
Got four square feet? Grow enough potatoes to roast all year. Come build one with Graze and learn how to make one at your place.

Saturday, April 11, 2009
Intro to Composting and Vermiculture
Turn your kitchen and yard waste into rich soil & organic fertilizer. Learn about our rooftop compost and worm bin systems, and learn how to build your own kitchen worm bin for a few dollars.

Saturday, March 14, 2009
Intro to Container Gardening
You don't need your own patch of earth to grow your own dinner. Learn how to garden on rooftops and balconies, and build your own self-watering container.

Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009
Intro to Rooftop Gardening
Rooftop Gardening is gaining attention as interest in green building and local food production grows. During this workshop we will discuss the environmental benefits and various rooftop garden systems and techniques.

Buy Green Zebra - Support Graze the Roof

2009-05-18T21:57:00.000-07:00

Graze the Roof is honored to be the Green Zebra charitable beneficiary for 2009!

Click the image above to visit Green Zebra’s website, and our organization will earn $10 for each guide you purchase online. Priced at only $25, it makes a great gift!

The 2009 Green Zebra guide make it fun and easy to explore the best of sustainable living in San Francisco. The guide is an invaluable educational resource providing hundreds of exclusive offers redeemable at environmentally conscious and community oriented local businesses including Rainbow Market, Slanted Door, Asqew Grill, Cole Hardware, Books Inc., International Orange, Sports Basement and more. A separate edition covers the Peninsula/Silicon Valley.

Graze in the News

2009-01-12T21:26:00.000-08:00

Graze starred in the Chronicle 12/27/08: "Such gardens are seen as an important, and largely untapped, opportunity to increase local food production."