Volunteer Gardening for CNGF (Location varies each week)

1460 The Alameda,San Jose CA 95126

30 October, 2021

Description

Come make new friends, learn about native plants, and the importance of sustainable agriculture practices in combating climate change Every Saturday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am we will have a Volunteering event to maintain our gardens and help educate our community about native plants, ecosystems, and the importance of sustainable agriculture practices in combating climate change. Activities vary, but generally consist of a combination of weeding, seeding, transplanting, taking cuttings, thinning, mulching, composting and planting. This is primarily an outdoor volunteer experience. The location will also vary each week, depending on which garden needs servicing. We will update this invitation accordingly with the information for the week. Site locations will be one of the following: - Hester Farm, 1460 The Alameda, San Jose - ELSEE, 76 Race Street, San Jose - Educare Silicon Valley, 1399 Santee Drive, San Jose - Christian Science Church, 1807 The Alameda, San Jose - Horace Cureton Elementary, 3720 East Hills Drive, San Jose Do feel free to come for any time/duration within those hours that works for your schedule. We will be happy to see you. Also, please do not feel like you need to stay the whole time! Be sure to dress for gardening, bring a hat and water. If you have your own tools/gloves you are welcome to bring them, as we have a limited supply of clippers and hand trowels. Thank you for choosing to join us in our mission to revolutionize how land is used through urban regenerative agriculture and native community gardens that bring nature into the city. Your help is valued and we greatly appreciate your time and effort. Together, we can cultivate change in our community and solve global issues such as climate change and food insecurity with local solutions. -------------------------------- We are the Center for Urban Sustainability (CUS), the hub for a network of 25 EAT•GROW•LEARN centers throughout Santa Clara County. We have partnered with San Jose Evergreen Community College District Workforce Institute (SJECCD-WI) to create the CUS Center. We are supported by members of our local community who want to solve the climate crisis at home first. We have been developing our skill sets to transform cities for 45 years. Our focus is on education and job creation programs, growing highly nutritious food in small spaces in cities, the rewilding of cities for human health and well being and bringing world scientists together to introduce better methods to meet human life cycle needs in cities, close to where 50% of humans now live. We support land justice, food security, food sovereignty, social justice and new fossil fuel free jobs in our local community. If you are concerned about the IPCC’s latest climate report, JOIN US! Be part of the solution! Check out cngf.org to learn more about our many other programs. CNGF is a nonprofit that wants to help educate the public, especially school children, about native gardens. We are more than a community garden. We are an econeighborhood. Come out & support our teaching gardens and urban farm. Help us grow these gardens and others by joining our eco-neighborhood. We are a movement led by grandmothers and mothers. We are a spark plug for change in San Jose downtown development.