Phase 2 – Starts January 26, 2019
Winter is a great time to plant a tree, and we want to help you plant one. In Project Tree Phase 2, the Alameda Sun and Alameda Backyard Growers have teamed up to offer Alameda residents training on tree planting and care, together with a coupon good for $25 off the price of a tree purchased at Encinal Nursery or Ploughshares Nursery.
Coupons can be picked up at the next Project Tree workshop, on Saturday January 26, 10:30 AM to Noon at Rhythmix Cultural Works. Coupons are valid from January 26 to June 30, 2019. Proof of City of Alameda residency will be required (a recent utility bill, driver’s license, car registration, property tax receipt, posted mail or bank statement with name and address of the applicant). The supply of coupons is limited to one coupon per Alameda resident. Restrictions and limitations apply as stated on the coupon. The workshop will provide information on choosing a tree, proper tree placement, planting and general care. Online tree care information will also be available for free downloading. For more information email us at info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org with “Project Tree” in the subject line.
Thank you to the Alameda Sun for helping make this possible.
2019 looks to be another successful year as the picking requests keep coming in!
Please let me know if you ARE available to pick on Saturday, February 2 between 2 – 4PM by emailing info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org.
Bring gardening gloves if you have them, a hat and water.
Thank you!
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator
Let’s keep the citrus fruit flowing!
Please let me know if you ARE available to pick on Sunday, February 17 between 2 – 4PM by emailing info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org.
Bring gardening gloves if you have them, a hat and water.
Thank you for all your help! You should be proud of yourselves for helping the hungry!
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator
Hi Gleaners,
We’ll be having another February pick on Sunday, Feb. 24 from 2-4 PM. Holly Johnson will be your fearless leader for this one.
Please let me know if you ARE available (email info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org) and I will send meeting details.
Thanks for helping us push through the citrus tsunami!
Jillian Saxty
As long as the weather holds up, we’ll keep picking!
Please let me know if you ARE available to pick on Sunday, March 3 between 2 – 4PM by emailing info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org.
Bring gardening gloves if you have them, a hat and water.
Thank you for all your help! You are fabulous volunteers!
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator
Winter is a great time to plant a tree, and we want to help you plant one. In Project Tree, the Alameda Sun newspaper and Alameda Backyard Growers have teamed up to offer Alameda residents training on tree planting and care, together with a coupon good for $25 off the price of a tree purchased at Encinal Nursery or Ploughshares Nursery.
Coupons can be picked up at the next Project Tree workshop, on Sunday, March 3, 1:00 – 3:00 PM at Rhythmix Cultural Works. We will discuss the best trees for Alameda, and how to plant and care for them.
Coupons are valid to June 30, 2019. Proof of City of Alameda residency will be required (a recent utility bill, driver’s license, car registration, property tax receipt, posted mail or bank statement with name and address of the applicant). The supply of coupons is limited to one coupon per Alameda resident, and we only have 20 coupons left. They will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
Restrictions and limitations apply as stated on the coupon. The workshop will provide information on choosing a tree, proper tree placement, planting and general care. Online tree care information will also be available for free downloading. For more information email us at info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org with “Project Tree” in the subject line.
Thank you to the Alameda Sun for helping make this possible.
Presenters: Damian Mason, and two additional CASA members
Reversing Global Warming: Introduction to Drawdown is a 2-hour workshop – open to all – that invites our local Alameda community to see the possibility of reversing global warming and to understand that we each have an important role to play in that process.
Through videos and group activities, presenters will introduce a comprehensive plan to reverse global warming from “Project Drawdown“, a scientific study that identifies 100 solutions which, if implemented together, can begin to not just slow down, but to actually roll back, global warming by 2050.
“Drawdown is that point in time when the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere begins to decline on year-to-year basis.” ~ Project Drawdown
Need more info? Contact: drawdownalameda@gmail.com
Join us Sunday, March 17, from 2 – 4 PM to pick what will be left of the citrus crop, which has been amazing this year.
Email info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org if you ARE available and we’ll let you know where we’ll be meeting.
Thanks!
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator
Hi Pickers,
Spring is springing! Will it every dry out so we can get back to our gardens?
Meanwhile we have a few more lemons, oranges and other citrus to pick.
Please join us on Sunday, March 24 from 2 – 4 PM. Bring a hat, gardening gloves (if you have them) and water to drink.
I will advise our joining location when you RSVP by emailing info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org
Thank you!
Hi Pickers,
I look forward to seeing our team this Sunday, April 7 from 2 – 4 PM! If you can join us, please fill in this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU
or email me at info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org
Once you have RSVP’d, I will send information on where to meet.
Please bring gardening gloves (if you have them), a hat and water to drink.
Thank you!
Jillian Saxty
ABG Project Pick Coordinator