Calendar


Feb
21
Tue
2017
Beneficial Insects @ Rhythmix Cultural Center
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

with Jonathan Draper, Alameda County Master Gardener

While some insects attack our vegetables, others are a great help in the garden.  Come find out how to get and keep the insects you want.  Alameda County Master Gardener Jonathan Draper will introduce us to beneficial insects and their use in organic gardening.  He will cover a variety of his favorite “good-guy” insects and some of the “bad guys” that they eat or attack. Learn what plants you can integrate into your garden to bring in the good guys and what you can do to keep them around.

Feb
26
Sun
2017
Grafting Fantastic Fruit Trees @ Pollinate Farm & Garden
Feb 26 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Learn the art and science of fruit tree grafting. Instructor: John Valenzuela. $40.00 – registration required.

Mar
4
Sat
2017
How to Grow from Seeds and Cuttings @ Ploughshares Nursery
Mar 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to grow plants successfully from seed and vegetable cuttings.

Mar
18
Sat
2017
Year Round Vegetable Gardening @ Ploughshares Nursery
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to grow and maintain a vegetable garden.

Mar
21
Tue
2017
Soil @ Rhythmix Cultural Center
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Soil, with Dolores Morrison, Alameda County Master Gardener

Mar
25
Sat
2017
FREE Plant Exchange
Mar 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

The next FREE Plant Exchange is Saturday, March 25th from 11am to 4pm at 4500 Lincoln Ave. in Oakland. Join us for this fun free semi-annual event where gardeners, landscapers, urban farmers, and beginners come to exchange plants, tools, equipment and information about ways to make our urban environment more sustainable, aesthetic, and healthy. The event will feature a live band, food trucks, gardening demos, advice from The Alameda County Master Gardeners, raffle prizes, and more. This year’s events will have additional special activities planned as part of our 10 Year Anniversary!

Apr
2
Sun
2017
‘The Starfish Throwers’ Special Film Screening @ Alameda Free Library
Apr 2 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Join Alameda Backyard Growers and the Alameda Free Library for a free screening of the Award Winning Documentary, The Starfish Throwers’.

When: Sunday, April 2nd at 1:30 PM

Where: Community Meeting Room at the Alameda Free Library, 1550 Oak Street.

We will have light refreshments and information tables with food-oriented community organizations.

About The Starfish Throwers

Worlds apart, a five-star chef, a twelve year-old girl, and a retired schoolteacher discover how their individual efforts to feed the poor ignite a movement in the fight against hunger.

Award-winning chef Narayanan Krishnan, fighting against the caste system in India, quits his job to begin a life of cooking and hand-delivering fresh meals to hundreds of people in his hometown. Katie Stagliano’s planting of a single cabbage seedling when she was nine years old blossoms into Katie’s Krops, a non-profit with 73 gardens dedicated to ending hunger. Retired middle school teacher Mr. Law battles personal health issues as he hand delivers more than a thousand sandwiches nightly to the hungry in Minneapolis.

This documentary tells the tale of these remarkable individuals and the unexpected challenges they face. Despite being constantly reminded that hunger is far too big for one person to solve, they persevere and see their impact ripple further than their individual actions.

You can watch a trailer of the documentary here.