Welcome to the Presidio Community Gardens blog!

Dear Presidio Community Gardeners,

Welcome to the blog, if this is your first time, or if it's been a little while! Fall has always felt like the beginning of a  new year to me- harvesting the end of the season's crops, going back to school (for some of us), and a chance to plan and look ahead to the next growing cycle. It's also the start of our new fiscal year, and so a time to look back on what we accomplished in FY15 and to outline our goals for FY16, filling in the calendar with holiday events, and sowing seeds and projects to be ready for the next planting season.

Some of our goals are to improve communication and to try to foster more community among our group of Presidio Community gardeners. To that end, you will, or have, received an invitation to join the Presidio Community Garden blog. This is a one-stop resource for you! The garden team (my new intern Mackenzie and I) want to be able to post messages with a good chance you will see them- past posts have been about free garden classes, free compost and seedlings, plant sales, pest information, and inspiring photos of Presidio garden harvests. Please accept the invitation to join the blog! There is a calendar at the bottom of the page with garden related events, links to pages on the right with garden documents and resources, and hopefully soon, a recipe section.

We will no longer be sending direct emails to you about garden events- invitations and announcements will be blog posts (and posted on the calendar). If you are subscribed, then these invites and announcements will be delivered to your inbox. 

Also for the new year is a short survey- a chance to give us some feedback and suggestions on how to make our community garden program even better! Mackenzie has put it together and will be doing more outreach during the year.
Follow the link to fill it out:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KHTHNPV

Survey replies requested by October 15


Looking forward to a new year!
Jean and Mackenzie
jkoch@presidiotrust.gov
mehr@presidiotrust.gov

Fall Harvest Photos

We had a great time at our Fall Harvest Pizza Potluck- making pizzas in the cob oven, decorating drip watering jugs for garden plots, making plant signs, and getting to know each other on a warm September day. Hope to see more folks next time!
Here are a few pre-party pics- we're always too busy once it starts to take photos!

Here are photos of some beautiful fall harvests:

Portola cucumbers

MacArthur cherry tomatoes

Baker Beach glass corn in miniature

Portola carrots and sunflowers

Plant Sale in Novato- Sept. 19-20 and 26

Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden

Come to the PLANT SALE, Sept. 19-20 and 26!

Please join us for our semi-annual plant sale. The IVOF&G plant sale is a great way to stock your garden while supporting the Farm! Come out and join us next weekend, and get great deals on plants for home and garden.

We're also excited to announce the launch of our new website at indianvalleyorganicfarm.org! The new site includes news, events, volunteering information and a regular blog with updates on what is happening at the Farm.

For details on volunteering at the Farm, click here.