August 20th Event Results

Garden gnomes created at our August 20th event.

‎128 people refreshed and we had 3 new garden sites in the Bayview. Two of these sites provide direct services to low-income, homeless or formerly homeless individuals. People stayed longer and participated more. It was a beautiful day! Check out photos from the event below.

Our day began with breakfast at the Bayveiw Mission orchard, where we then went on a walk and trash pick up.

The Bayview Roots Garden:
Our event created many opportunities to outreach to residents in the Bayview near the 3rd/Palou site and let them know about the garden spaces near them ane how they can be a part of their whole body health care.

Volunteers at the Bayview Roots Garden participated in a peer lead composting skill share and were given a worm compost bin and some of the worms cared for by the members of the Growing Home Community Garden. We're excited to partner with the Bayview Roots Garden to help them (GHCG) to create a program similar to GHCG.

At the Bayview Opera House:

Participants at a sprouting skill share.

Participants learned medicinal Qi Gong.

Jack once again shared his amazing harp therapy.

One of our youngest participants creates a forgiveness letter, one of the healing art projects created for SF Refresh by Melissa Lareau.

Container gardening class teaches individuals how they can have a garden in small spacess and donated additional resources to the Bayview Opera House garden.

Featured Skill Share: Garden Gnomes!

Revel Art Collective member, Rachel Cassandra, will be teaching her class about making Garden Gnomes at the August 20th SF Refresh Event (1pm at the Bayview Opera House). Her class was one of the most talked about activities at the May SF Refresh.


Made from clay, seed and soil these garden gnomes are designed to degrade and plant wild flowers.

An amazing stop motion film was made by the the participants of the who decided to make an impromptu claymation project. The video, made by Revel Art Collective member, Ilyse Magy is below.

Saturday, August 20th - Sites and Events

Bayview Mission, 8am-10am (1547 Jerrold Ave): Our day starts in the Bayview Mission Orchard with a meal and brightening our SF community through a trash clean-up.

• 8am Morning Snack and Ritual


• 8:30-10am Bayview Trash Pickup


• 11:30am Lunch

Bayview Roots Garden, 10am-12pm (3rd/Palou): Later in the morning, we will host skill shares on topics like composting and container gardening at the Bayview Roots Garden. There will be a karate demonstration and other activities!

• 10:00am Vertical Garden Pocket Skill Share - Kate Grzeca


• 11am Composting/Worms Skill Share - Ty Campbell


• 11am Sprouting Skill Share - Christopher Delovage

Bayview Opera House, 12pm-3pm (4705 3rd St): Our afternoon in the Bayview begins with a meal and includes a workshop on making garden gnomes, homesteading classes, a chicken care class, music therapy, a singing class, and other arts performances and activities.

• 12pm Lunch


• 12-3pm Qi Gong - Sean Honea


• 12-3pm Pastoral Care - Bishop Rusty Clyma and interfaith spiritual leaders


• 12-3pm Meet the Artist: Mother Earth Exhibit


• 12-3pm We Forgive you Letters


• 12-3pm Parachute Play


• 12pm-3pm How to Care for Chickens - Bayview Opera House Volunteers


• 12pm Sprouting Skill Share - Christopher Delovage


• 12pm Harp Therapy - Jack Pantaleo


• 1pm How to Make Garden Gnomes - Rachel Cassandra of the Revel Art Collective


• 1pm Singing for Children and Youth - Kristen Brown


• 2pm - Intergenerational Meditation - Melissa Lareau


• 2pm - Container Gardening Workshop - Jess Hutch

Hans Schiller Plaza, Visitacion Valley Greenway, 12pm-3pm (Leland/Rutland): We will also share a meal before a karate demonstration, yoga, ukelele, and more!

• 12pm Lunch


• 12:30pm Karate Demonstration


• 1pm Live Music - Sana


• 1:30pm Singing with Children and Youth - Kristen Brown


• 2pm - Karate Demonstration
  

Sponsored by Growing Home Community Garden, a program of Project Homeless Connect, SF Urban Agriculture Alliance, and SF Arts



Other community gardens that are scheduled to be open for regular activities that day.

The Free Farm: Eddy/Gough
+ Garden volunteer hours 10am-2pm

Garden For the Environment:
+ Open to visitors dawn to dusk
+ Volunteer hours 10am-4pm

Alice Street Community Garden: at the end of the one-block Lapu-Lapu Street, off Harrison between Third and Fourth streets
+ Open dawn to dusk

Potrero Hill Community Garden, San Bruno Ave/20th Street, Potrero Hill
+ Open dawn to dusk

Fort Mason Community Garden, behind Administration Building, Fort Mason
+ Open dawn to dusk