We have established new hours for member work days at the Garden. By the way, if you are not a member, these are good times to come see the garden.
This sunflower is closest to the gate at the Garden. Kind of a show off.
The Lamorinda Weekly featured one of our Garden classes on their front page this week.
Bug Bingo? Yes, Bug Bingo – also called, “How to learn your bugs and how to live with them in your garden” – was the new trendy game at the Lafayette Community Garden Saturday, July 14 facilitated by landscape designer and gardener Susanne Frey in the outdoor learning classroom across from the Lafayette Reservoir. About 15 adults and a few children came to find natural ways to manage pests and left with a better understanding of the natural processes that the savvy gardener can foster.
Once participants learned to identify the Mealy Bug, the Thrip, the Lacewing and the Katydid, the question was: Which ones are good, bad or ugly?
Read the rest of Sophie Braccini’s article here.
Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center’s second class of the season is this Saturday. You can sign up here.
Join Susanne Frey, landscape designer and gardener extraordinaire, as she teaches us how to recognize the insects in our gardens – those that promote health and those that wreak havoc. We’ll discuss the benefits of both and how to minimize the negative impact of the so-called “bad guys”. We’ll even learn a bit about insecticides.
If you have not been by the garden lately, check out the photos below. It seems that our very first crop is coming in!
[slideshow]On Saturday, June 9 we began planting at the Community Garden.
[slideshow]Lafayette Farmers’ Market reopens on Sunday, June 10 in a new location – South Bart Parking Lot. Please support the market. You will be glad you did.
This week we finally get to start planting. This would not be possible except for the wonderful work of our members, volunteers, community partners and garden manager. A world of thanks. For great photos of the workday on Saturday click here.
First of three planting tables
The very first class was held yesterday at the Lafayette Community Garden and Outdoor Learning Center. Did you know that the Saclan Tribe that lived along Lafayette Creek used ground up buckeyes (which are toxic) to stun the fish they caught? Neither did we. Learn more at the Lafayette Historical Society.
Generally well behaved students at Janet Thomas’ class on our creekside ecology.
Saturday, June 2 3 – 5 pm The Creekside Ecosystem
Join environmental science teacher, Janet Thomas, as she guides us through the world of plants and animals that exist within our beautiful creekside habitat. We’ll learn about the natural history and ecology of the garden area, and how to identify common riparian plants. We’ll observe what we learn first hand as we take a short walk along the Costa Trail that borders Lafayette Creek and the Community Garden. Register here.
View of the Lafayette Community Garden on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Wow. 20 volunteers worked together at the garden on Saturday. We’re almost ready to plant. Come take a look!
Lafayette Community Garden members building bamboo fence.
Classes begin Saturday, June 2 and you can register here. But if you were at the Garden yesterday around 6:00 PM you would have been treated to quite an acting class.
According to naturalist Jules Evens, “a killdeer is one one of our most vociferous and citified shorebirds. They can nest in very urban environments, and often chose rather high-traffic areas. The don’t build a nest, but put a “scrape” in a loose gravelly area, often on the shoulder of a road or path where the eggs are cryptically colored. When a potential predator approaches, like you, they try to distract it and draw it away from the nest by calling loudly, and if you get too close, they feign injury (“broken wing display”) in an effort to lure you away from the nest or their ridiculously cute chicks.”
Check it out!
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