Santa Cruz Community Orchard

From our friends at the Monterey Bay Chapter of the California Rare Fruit Growers, join this Saturday's presentation and Q&A session on how to grow rare subtropical fruits locally. A limited number of seats will be available first come first served for non-members who register here: http://mbcrfg.org//growing-rare-subtropical-fruits-in-san/

Get fed with a little help from your friends! Huge to Megan and fam, and all of the hundreds of folks of the Santa Cruz Garden Effort bringing in gorgeous summer harvests this season.

Wanna try growing cherimoya, white sapote, bananas, guavas, papayas in Santa Cruz? Learn about tropical and subtropical fruit culture in California, with the Monterey Bay California Rare Fruit Growers. Register for free online talk with Q&A, to take place Sunday Aug 9, 8pm, via this link: http://mbcrfg.org//subtropicals-and-tropicals-in-californ/

Yes, your backyard can be a farm! Props to the people of the Santa Cruz Garden Effort and the tremendous bounties they're generating towards local nutrition and food security.

Santa Cruz summer harvests coming in! Via the Santa Cruz Garden Effort

Considerably worthy of the recognition, our local Swanton BerryFarm has been a huge innovator in organic berry production and fair labor practices both.

We are huge fans of Phoebe Feeley's free neighborhood farmstand at her her home in Live Oak, today outfitted as a no-contact DIY Mother's Day bouquet station! Follow Phoebe for more of her garden creativity at https://www.instagram.com/organicallygrowing/ and do send us photos of your own neighborhood's agricultural generosity that we can feature! Email [email protected]