Monthly meetings/workshops are free and open to all residents of Alameda and the surrounding area. Gardeners of all experience levels are welcome! Monthly meetings are also a great time to drop off fruit and vegetable donations from your garden for the Alameda Food Bank. We deliver members’ produce to the Alameda Food Bank the following morning where it is typically distributed to food bank clients within 24 hours.
Click here for a downloadable PDF of the latest Monthly Meeting Schedule for 2020. All meeting topics are subject to change.
Meetings in 2020
January 13 (Monday) – Special Event: MOVIE NIGHT upstairs at Rhythmix – ‘Symphony of the Soil‘ co-hosted with Stop Waste. An outstanding new documentary about genetically modified food, plus—fresh popcorn!
February 18 – Growing Your Own Vegetables from Seed with Master Gardener Birgitt Evans of Alameda Backyard Growers
March 17 – Understanding Systemic Insecticides & Their Potential Impacts in Urban Ecosystems with Andrew Sutherland SF Bay Area Urban IPM Advisor, UC ANR
April 21 – ZOOM MEETING – Permaculture and Backyard Gardening with Nina Gordon-Kirsch, MA in Hydrology
May 19 – ZOOM MEETING – Container Gardening with Jeff Bridge, manager of Ploughshares Nursery at Alameda Point Collaborative
June 23 – Tour Italo’s Garden at the Boys and Girls Club in Alameda
July 21 – ZOOM MEETING – Understanding Systemic Insecticides and Their Potential Impacts in Urban Ecosystems with Dr. Andrew Sutherland
August 18 – ZOOM MEETING – Garden Show, Tell & Ask
September 15 – ZOOM MEETING – Alameda: An Agricultural History, with Eric Kos of the Alameda Sun
October 20 – ZOOM MEETING – Carbon Farming at Home with Trevor Probert of StopWaste
No meeting in November
December 3 – ZOOM MEETING – The Politics of Food and Agriculture with Twilight Greenaway
We have videos of many of our presentations available for viewing here.
Click here for a list of meetings in 2019.
Click here for a list of meetings in 2018.
Click here for a list of meetings in 2017.
Click here for a list of meetings in 2016.
Click here for a list of meetings in 2015.
Monthly meeting topics are posted regularly on our Facebook page and under “Events” on Alameda Patch. Or you can join our mailing list to receive updates and meeting reminders.
To read about past monthly meeting topics, click here.