Emerson Avenue Community Garden

We are ever grateful for our amazing partnership with Rotary Club of Westchester and thankful to be their recipient of Extreme Makeover project. They are an incredible force in supporting the transformation of our community garden to ADA compliance. Check out these pictures from our latest workday on Saturday. So much fun and such a sense of accomplishment. Let us know if you'd like to be a part of this effort. #ServiceAboveSelf #westchesterrotary #communitygarden #communitygardens #organicgardening #extrememakeover #neighborshelpingneighbors #communityspirit

Enjoy this 5-minute Quick Tip video on Affordable Container Gardening: https://youtu.be/hwKX8XQ7OyA Don't' forget to register for the Smart Gardening webinars. Learn more and register: http://pw.lacounty.gov/epd/sg/webinars.cfm

Today we celebrate springtime! Happy First Day of Spring!

Happy First Day of Spring! Celebrate new life and new beginnings! Nowruz Mubarak! See all the springtime love on our Instagram page -> instagram.com/emersonavegarden . .... . . . #springtime #spring2021 #springflowers See more

Tomato Lovers Rejoice! This Saturday find the tomato seedlings of your dreams on Super Sale, right here in Westchester, expertly nurtured by Dana H Morgan, UCCE Master Gardener. 50% of donations support Emerson Avenue Community Garden renovation! * Limited quantities * $1.00 - $1.50 -------------------------------------- CHERRY and SMALL TOMATOES ... 1. Yellow PienneloMorgan Grown 2. Red PienneloMorgan Grown 3. Napa Chardonnay Blush Dahlstrom Grown (from Baker Creek) 4. Hartman’s Yellow GooseberryBaker Creek 5. Sweet ApertifPrairie Road Organic. Sweet clustering cherry. 6. Chocolate CherryBotanical Interests MEDIUM SIZE TOMATOES 7. Cherokee PurplePeaceful Valley www.GrowOrganic.com and Seed Savers Exchange. Up to 12 oz slicing tomato. 8. Brandywine8-12 oz. Seed Savers Exchange 9. Green ZebraSiskiyou Seeds and Botanical Interests . 1.5-3 fruits 10. 10 Fingers of NaplesBaker Creek 3 oz fruits 11. Jaune Flamme4 oz orange tomato. Seed Savers Exchange 12. Japanese Black Trifele4-5 oz. Seed Savers Exchange WHERE: 8500 Belford Avenue -- 90045 WHEN: Saturday March 20, 9am-12pm

Check out these free Los Angeles County Smart Gardening Program online classes: Small Space Gardening, Intro to Composting, Water-wise Gardening.

Monthly Harvest - October = Pumpkin & Winter Squash with UCCE Master Gardener Dana H Morgan. Learn about what is growing in our Emerson Garden patches right now!

Looking for some socially distanced October fun? Check out Descanso Gardens #boo-tanical garden #HalloweenatDescanso

It's beginning to look alot like autumn in the Emerson Avenue Community Garden with green jarrahdale pumpkins and marigolds. Hats off to fellow gardener Eva for her festive plot. . . . .... . #communitygarden #jarrahdalepumpkin #communitygardens #fallgardening See more

Rotary Club of Westchester Extreme Makeover Project is under way! Clean up phase began today and continues Sunday 9am -4pm. All garden members welcomed and encouraged to assist alongside the Rotarians. We are removing huge chunks of urbanite (concrete) in the circular seating area and the boy scout garden. If garden members have those huge blocks of concrete in your plot, we will have the resources to help remove them. The spiral garden will get a new low retainer wall using ...the urbanite removed from the boy scout garden. The student garden will have the urbanite removed and either used in the spiral garden retaining wall, or the perennial garden retaining wall. The blueberry patch area along the south east fence designated as community plots A, B and C will be cleaned up and prepared for the future home of the blueberries. New plots will have durable edging material, so current concrete/pavers for plot edging will be recycled/repurposed.

Rotary Club of Westchester selected Emerson Avenue Community Garden as their extreme makeover project helping us to achieve ADA compliance and make our garden accessible to people of all abilities.

Friday Night Live | Nico Franc is TONIGHT at 6pm! Tune into instagram.com/wamblockparty for an great show. Here is a sample of Nico Franc's style as he regaled us at WAM Block Party 2020!

Congratulations to Wendy Mulero in Plot 36N for being awarded plot of the month for September. Wendy joined the garden this summer and has done an incredible job in a very short time. Look at that tromboncino (trombone squash), eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, and so much more.

Congratulations to Bill Cox in plot #25. Bill was awarded plot of the month for August. He recently removed most of the summer crops but you can still see some lettuce, onions, root vegetables, and hot peppers in his plot.

Gardening and reading? Gardening and bookmarks? Yes! We love reading and creativity at the garden. Celebrate reading and art -- design your own bookmark in LA County Library's annual Bookmark Contest! Kinder - 12 Graders submit your artwork for a chance to see your bookmark design featured at local libraries across LA County: Be creative and have fun! Original creations (no cartoon characters), please.... DEADLINE: November 15,2020 Details: https://lacountylibrary.org/bookmark-contest

A Farewell Send off for Al, our cheerful garden friend, supporter and workday manager. Donations accepted here.

Composting for Soil Health - FREE September 30, 9 10 AM There are so many organic materials that we throw into our garbage cans that can be transformed into a wonderful soil amendment by way of home composting. The practice of composting is not a one size fits all thing; different household situations call for different methods of composting. Learn how to take your situation and utilize a system of composting that works for you and your garden!... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg_LJqM11T4&feature=youtu.be See more

Tomorrow is the BIG day! What classes are you looking forward to watching at our FREE 2020 Virtual UC Master Gardener Conference? https://ucanr.edu//2020MGConf/2020_Virtual_Mini_Conference

Congrats to our WAM I Spy Art Treasure Hunt winner, Tom S! What will you do with the $500 cash prize? "Definitely put it back into Westchester - shop at The Book Jewel (first time in was on a detour from the Treasure Hunt) for sure, and dining out at some of Westchester's excellent restaurants." Thank you to WAM Block Party sponsor The Stephanie Younger Group for helping us to pick the winner. All eight finalists gathered in the The Emerson Avenue Community Garden for a so...cially distant, properly masked drawing. The I Spy Art Treasure Hunt was so much fun, you can expect to get another chance to tool around the neighborhood looking for the art yard signs at #wamblockparty2021! #wam2020art #wamblockparty2020