Calendar


Feb
1
Sat
2020
Project Pick – Winter Citrus
Feb 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Hi Pickers!

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Feb
8
Sat
2020
Project Tree Workshop @ Rhythmix Cultural Works
Feb 8 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Following on its 2019 success, Project Tree announces the return of its Tree Care Workshop and $25 off Tree Coupon Program.

This year’s workshops will be held Saturday, February 8 from 10 AM to 12 Noon and Sunday, March 1 from 2 PM to 4 PM at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda.

While anyone is welcome to attend this workshop, only residents of the City of Alameda with proof of residence may receive the coupon, which is worth $25 off any tree from Encinal Nursery, 2057 Encinal Avenue, or Ploughshares Nursery, 2701 Main Street in Alameda Point. The coupon will be redeemable from the day of receipt at the workshop until June 30, 2020.

Project Tree is a partnership between The Alameda Sun and Alameda Backyard Growers.

Mar
1
Sun
2020
Project Tree Workshop @ Rhythmix Cultural Works
Mar 1 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Following on its 2019 success, Project Tree announces the return of its Tree Care Workshop and $25 off Tree Coupon Program.

This year’s workshops will be held Saturday, February 8 from 10 AM to 12 Noon and Sunday, March 1 from 2 PM to 4 PM at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda.

While anyone is welcome to attend this workshop, only residents of the City of Alameda with proof of residence may receive the coupon, which is worth $25 off any tree from Encinal Nursery, 2057 Encinal Avenue, or Ploughshares Nursery, 2701 Main Street in Alameda Point. The coupon will be redeemable from the day of receipt at the workshop until June 30, 2020.

Project Tree is a partnership between The Alameda Sun and Alameda Backyard Growers.

Mar
15
Sun
2020
CANCELLED Project Pick – March Madness
Mar 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Hi Pickers!

THIS PICK IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE RAIN FORECASTED ALL WEEKEND.

Please let us know if you can join our team in picking citrus this Sunday by fill in this form:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1sHlMPrx31zNc5-0crH7-hoL0wHRVhkY1pcc_4E1MfhU

I will provide joining instructions and additional details when I receive your RSVP via this form.

Please bring a hat and gardening gloves if you have them.

Picking dates are subject to change and weather dependent. We will keep you posted if we change pick dates.

Thank you for all your help!

Jillian Saxty

Apr
18
Sat
2020
CANCELLED – Earth Day 2020 @ Upper Washington Park
Apr 18 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Sadly, due to COVID-19, the City of Alameda has cancelled the Earth Day festival in Washington Park. Please celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day by supporting your favorite environmental organization, or participating in any of the many online events via many environmental non-profits.

Take care and stay healthy! Alameda Backyard Growers

Come and visit our booth at the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Earth Day! We’ll have tomato plants to buy, information to share (on growing food, going plastic free, planting trees, etc.).

You may also have the opportunity to plant trees around Washington Park.

We’ll be sharing our booth with StopWaste – so you can learn more about stopping food waste, urban carbon farming and much more!

If you’d like to volunteer at our booth, please email us: info@alamedabackyardgrowers.org

Looking forward to seeing you there!

ABG Earth Day Volunteers 2018

Apr
25
Sat
2020
ABG 2020 Earth Day Plant Sale
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

ABG Announces Our 2020 Earth Day (Spacial Distancing) Plant Sale!

10AM – 1PM Saturday April 25th. Location will be emailed to attendees.

Every year at Earth Day, we sell hundreds of tomato plants and people come back for them year after year. This year, with more gardeners and fewer seedlings, we have added basil, squash, cucumbers and a few greens to the mix, moved the sale to a private residence and added spacial distancing in the form of time slots to keep the crowds down. But we still have our wonderful tomato plants and other veggies to get you through the summer!

How it Works:

1) Click on this Eventbrite link and select a time slot. The earliest slots will have the best selection, so fill those first. We will email you the location when you sign up.

2) Send one (healthy) person per household, wash hands first and wear a mask.

3) Check out the LIST OF PLANTS we have available and note what you want (with second choices), so you can just pick them up and pay when you get to the sale. (Note: there are limits on how many of each plant you can buy so everyone can have some.)

4) Bring either exact change or a check made out to Alameda Backyard Growers along with a pen so you can fill in the final amount. Any cash you leave in excess of your plant total is a tax deductible contribution to ABG and we promise to use it wisely!

Oct
25
Sun
2020
ABG Plant Swap
Oct 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

October Plant Swap

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Alameda Backyard Growers is inviting you to a socially-distanced, outdoor plant swap.

Please arrive at 1pm.

  1. Masks must be worn and a distance of 6ft or more maintained.
  2. Everyone must use provided hand sanitizer prior to entering the plant swap area.
  3. Attendees must bring at least one plant to donate to the swap.
  4. Make sure plants are clearly labeled. Plants should be in good health and in healthy soil, to minimize the possible spread of garden pathogens.

The location for this event is in West Alameda and will be announced 48 hours prior via email reminder. Please be sure to register with a valid email address that you are able to check.

You may also bring other garden related items: books, magazines, tools (no broken tools), and seeds to place on our FREE table.

Tickets for this event are limited. Click here to register.

ABG October Plant Swap

Dec
10
Thu
2020
Acta Non Verba Benefit Concert @ Online
Dec 10 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Per Aspera Ad Astra: From Adversity to the Stars

Benefit Concert with Black Violin

December 10, 2020 from 4 – 7 PM Live Streaming

Acta Non Verba Celebrates 10 Years!

Get tickets here

Acta Non Verba benefit concert

Dec
12
Sat
2020
Help Franklin Park Trees with Mulching Project @ Franklin Park
Dec 12 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

100K Trees 4 Humanity is back mulching trees!

This Saturday 12/12 – 9am-12pm
@ Franklin Park. 1432 San Antonio Ave. 
map: https://goo.gl/maps/R2bkhKqecwPDMAyz8

10:30am-12pm @Washington Park
740 Central Ave., Alameda, CA
map: https://goo.gl/maps/aLDF1xuALVbard17A

Join us and Alameda Recreation and Parks Department (ARPD) as we work to help save these trees on this day of mulching!

First 40 people to sign up get to volunteer.  Signup here!

Masks are mandatory. We follow a strict COVID protocol of social distancing and work procedures found here. We ask all participants to adhere to these guidelines at all events and work projects.

Tools: We are providing mulch, buckets, wheelbarrows and shovels. 

Optional: If you want, bring your own gloves, water bottle, and shovel.

See you on the 12th!

Tree Mulching Franklin Park

Apr
20
Tue
2021
Build Healthy Soil by Sheet Mulching
Apr 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Lori Caldwell

Sheet mulching is an easy and efficient technique for saving water, recycling resources, suppressing weeds and building healthy soil. Please join Lori Caldwell as she discusses the steps for this process as well as her own tips and tricks for how to sheet mulch. Please bring all your questions!

Lori Caldwell is an Alameda County Master Composter, self taught edible gardener and residential sheet mulch maven. Her mission is to “connect people to the soil and all that it provides”. She has been happily teaching sustainable gardening classes and transforming yards in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2007.

Register on Eventbrite