Written by Zack Batchelder, Operations Intern Creating a home garden has an incredible amount of environmental benefits to go along with personal perks such as fresh fruits and veggies. There are many simple steps to take to create an environmentally conscious home garden that will help you make small but Read more…
Erin Madlangbayan, Education & Curriculum Why native plants? One of the best ways to maintain and manage a beautiful home garden is through planting native plants. Filling your garden with plants that are native to your geographical location is highly low maintenance on your part, because these plants have been Read more…
By Jamie Baranda, Education and Curriculum Intern If you’re thinking about growing your own produce during the summertime, tomatoes are a great start. Tomatoes are one of the most versatile fruits summer has to offer, which means you can use them for a variety of delicious recipes. If you’ve decided Read more…
By Noah Reyes, Grant Writing and Development Intern We at Each Green Corner believe in finding sustainable alternatives to herbicides and pesticides in the form of natural repellents to native pests. According to Bushra Rashid, author of Herbicides and Pesticides as Potential Pollutants: A Global Problem, the agrochemicals released by Read more…
By James Moy, Grants and Development Lead Climate Change Climate change and global warming are everywhere in the news nowadays. While you may feel helpless, there are simple actions you can take that are a tremendous benefit to the environment and community. While carbon emissions have become synonymous with global Read more…
Written by Miguel Valdovinos, Education & Curriculum It is springtime and it is time to start planting your favorite fruits, vegetables, and flowers in your garden! It is important to have healthy and nutritious soil for your plants to thrive. Instead of going to your local hardware store to buy Read more…
Written by Alyla Phomphakdy, Landscape Design Intern Recent data shows that 5.4 million Californians experience food insecurity (1). Food insecurity is defined as “the occasional or constant lack of access to the food one needs for a healthy, active life.” (2) This resulted in many community groups and organizations – Read more…
Written by Alyla Phomphakdy, Landscape Design Intern As we are approaching the middle of Spring, take advantage of cooking with seasonal fruits and vegetables at your local community garden or store. At Each Green Corner, two spring harvested fruits and vegetables we like to grow from time to time are Read more…
Written by Alyla Phomphakdy, Landscape Design Intern What Are Vertical Gardens? Vertical gardens are vertically suspended gardens, they can be as fancy as a hydroponic system with complex irrigation systems or it could be as simple as a trellis or a lattice against a wall with grape vines growing on Read more…
Written by Alyla Phomphakdy, Landscape Design Intern We see community gardens springing up more and more around our neighborhoods and in our communities, but when did this phenomenon begin? Why does it matter? A major contributor: The Community Garden Movement of the 1970s in New York City. Keep reading to Read more…