Calendar


May
13
Sat
2017
Planting for Success @ Ploughshares Nursery
May 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn how to properly plant and care for large specimen fruit trees and ornamental plants.

May
27
Sat
2017
Intermediate Container Gardening @ Ploughshares Nursery
May 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Learn the nuances of caring for established edible and ornamental container gardens.

Jul
15
Sat
2017
Celebrate Irene Rakochy’s Life @ Elks Lodge
Jul 15 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Celebrate Irene Rakochy's Life @ Elks Lodge | Alameda | California | United States

Irene Rakochy,  a Founding Board Member of ABG, a great friend, and a dedicated ABG volunteer, died unexpectedly in her sleep in June.  She was 69, and leaves two adult sons.  We miss her so much.  A Celebration of Irene’s Life will be held on Saturday, July 15th at 1 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 2255 Santa Clara Avenue, in Alameda.

Oct
21
Sat
2017
Fall Plant Exchange
Oct 21 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

The Plant Exchange, a registered 501(c)(3) organization, is a community and a celebration that encourages resource sharing, reuse, recycling, and organic living. Our mission is to encourage green practices and support Oakland’s designation as one of the greenest cities in the country.

The premier program of The Plant Exchange is its semi-annual, free, one-day event where gardeners, landscapers, urban farmers, educators, and enthusiasts all come together to exchange plants, equipment, tools, and information about ways to make our urban environment more sustainable, aesthetic, and healthy.

The event also features gardening demos, food trucks, a live band, raffle prizes, and more! And, it is all free to everyone. For more information, visit www.theplantexchange.org.

Oct
29
Sun
2017
Project Pick – Volunteers Needed
Oct 29 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Hi Pickers,

Apologies for the short notice! We have some apples and persimmons that need picking. If you come you’ll get to see our new Project Pick van! Let me know if you can join us for part or all of the time and I’ll sending joining details.

FYI – new volunteers will have to sign a waiver which I will have with me.

Please bring gardening gloves (if you have them), a hat, water and closed shoes.

We offer fruit to the tree owner, and we can take some, the rest all goes to the Alameda Food Bank.

Please call 510-239-PICK if you have any questions.

The meeting place will be given when you RSVP here.

Nov
18
Sat
2017
Plant Daffodils at Bay Farm Island @ Bay Farm Island Library
Nov 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The Bay Farm Free Library Needs Your Help!
Looking for a few folks who like to garden and don’t mind getting their hands in the dirt.

WHY YOU ASK?
If you are interested in signing up for a PLANTING PARTY on Saturday November 18 at 1:00 p.m (weather permitting).
Please contact Lynda at (510)747-7787 or
lwilliam@alamedaca.gov
Plan to bring work gloves and any garden tools you think might be helpful
Refreshments will be available

BECAUSE: The Bay Farm Island Library has received a wonderful gift of:
250 Daffodil bulbs (and some irises). They will look so beautiful come spring but, for that to happen the bulbs need to go in ground before the end of the month.

Apples, persimmons and grapefruit!
Nov 18 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Since this coming Saturday, Nov. 18 promises to be dry, and we won’t pick over Thanksgiving weekend, please let me know if you are available in the afternoon to pick (from 2 – 4 PM).

Please only email info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org if you ARE available. I’ll let you know the addresses with your reply.

Thanks!

Jillian Saxty

Project Pick Coordinator

Dec
10
Sun
2017
Last Pick of 2017!
Dec 10 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Hi Gleaners,

We are scheduling a pick for Sunday afternoon, Dec. 10,  starting at 2PM. We’ll have two orange trees, and possibly a persimmon.

Look forward to hearing back from you if you CAN make it, and I’ll supply the address(es). Please email info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org if you can help.

A heartfelt thank you to the core group of pickers who have been so helpful and dedicated this year (you know who you are).

We will have some new guidelines for volunteers of Project Pick in 2018 – so stay tuned.

Thank you!

Jillian Saxty

Project Pick Coordinator

Jan
11
Thu
2018
Movie – Evolution of Organic @ Rhythmix Cultural Works
Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Kick-off a Year of Sustainable Gardening!

Join Alameda Backyard Growers at 7PM on January 11, 2018 at Rhythmix Cultural Works for a screening of filmmaker Mark Kitchell’s new film: Evolution of Organic.

This is the story of organic agriculture, told by those who built the movement. A motley crew of back-to-the-landers, spiritual seekers and farmers’ sons and daughters reject chemical farming and set out to explore organic alternatives. It’s a heartfelt journey of change, from a small band of rebels to a cultural transformation in the way we grow and eat food. By now organic has gone mainstream, split into an industry oriented toward bringing organic to all people and a movement that has realized a vision of sustainable agriculture. It’s the most popular and successful outgrowth of the environmental impulse of the last fifty years.

Watch the trailer here.

Jan
14
Sun
2018
First Pick of 2018
Jan 14 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
First Pick of 2018

Let’s get 2018 off to a great start and surpass last year’s level of 2800 lbs of fresh backyard fruit delivered to the Alameda Food Bank! What a great way to celebrate our Year of Sustainable Gardening!

We have 4 trees (lemons and oranges) to pick this weekend and more on our waiting list for the next pick. Citrus season has arrived.

Please let me know if you are available and I will send the meeting point information.

Bring gardening gloves and water. A hat and eye protection is also recommended.

Thank you!