In the spirit of community in the San Geronimo Valley, we come together to co-create a place of natural abundance — a community garden in every sense. In that place we grow together, growing fruits and vegetables, learning from each other, sharing, developing friendships, working collaboratively, being with nature, and nurturing our bodies and spirits. Read more about the San Geronimo Valley Community Garden
Spring of 2020 Garden Clean Out
BIG NEWS! We have a great opportunity to clear out all the old waste around the garden! On June 20th we can drop off as much green waste as we want. Ahead of that, we need garden members to help move everything from the windrows, compost piles, and any other random...
Garden Work Day! Nov 18th
Hello Gardeners, Please come by the garden for a work day on Saturday Nov. 18. We'll get started about 9 am!
Garden Clean Up and Work Day, Sat. March 11.
Hi Gardeners, Here's a friendly reminder that our garden work day will be this Saturday from 10:00 AM on. Unlike last week, there's no rain in sight and it looks to be a lovely Spring day. Please come by for as much or little time as you can spare. If not, no...
Community Fruit Trees, Yay!
I just noticed how much fruit the communal trees are starting to bear. It took a few years but all the patience and care is paying off. Yay!
The Member Pot Luck is This Weekend
Our garden looks lovelier each year, doesn't it? Be sure to spend some time here this week. We have our Garden Gathering Pot Luck this Sunday, May 15th at 11:30am in the Garden.
Can this spring get any better? You betcha!
That's right, May 7th is World Naked Gardening Day 🙂 Any takers? http://thefreethoughtproject.com/world-naked-gardening-day-12th-year-putting-humans-touch-nature/
Fresh Idea – cold frame/greenhouse in the garden
With all the sunny warm weather, the energy in the garden is really picking up. Camilla (I hope I have that name right) told me a bit about this cold frame/greenhouse she built in her shared plot. It serves dual purpose of creating a great place for seedlings to...
The Windrows Are Here
At our last garden member meeting, there was quite a discussion about composting. Our existing compost solution (the bins to the right when you enter the garden) was being overwhelmed by the volume of material our gardens were producing. One idea that many of us...
Feel the Need to Weed?
Well, gardeners, if you haven't had enough of wedding our lovely community garden, you can help weed Samuel P Taylor State Park! Dear Zen Weeders, Spring is here. Come outside and enjoy it on Friday, April 8 and Sunday, April 10 at Samuel P. Taylor State Park. The...
Our Updated Member Agreement
Download the above PDF if you would like a copy of the recent Community Garden Agreement.
Compost Meetup in the Garden Sat March 26
Concerned about compost? Come to the garden on Saturday March 26 at 10AM. This is a casual get together of gardeners looking for better composting solutions. Some ideas discussed will be wind rows, composting in place, hot composting out existing pile and more.
Building soil while growing vegetables
https://www.facebook.com/geoff.lawton.12/videos/476566112529925/ Check out this video of Geoff Lawton shared by garden member, Florence. It's about composting in place. Geoff is a super knowledgeable about permaculture.
Sponsored by Marin Link
Marin Link
The San Geronimo Valley Community Garden is a fiscally sponsored project of MarinLink, a California non-profit corporation exempt from federal tax
under section 501 (c) (3 ) of the Internal Revenue Service #20-0879422.