Learn about the design and build of our custom raised bed covers.

Join us for a digital field trip to GFE!

Join us for a digital field trip to GFE!

Play a GFE-themed bingo game created by one of our fabulous Youth Education interns.

In this week of celebrating GFE’s 30th anniversary, we take a look at some then-and-now photos chronicling at least 23 years of the garden’s history. The garden has undergone drastic and amazing changes, all in the effort to educate San Franciscans about the importance of gardening.

Our party was originally scheduled for this Saturday, May 16th. After months of preparation and planning, it became clear shortly after the shelter in place order went into effect that we would have to cancel. We plan to celebrate once we can all gather again, and I’m back from maternity leave, but in the meantime, let me tell you about the epic party we planned.

Reflections on the Youth Education Program at GFE as we celebrate our 30th Anniversary.

As we celebrate our 30th anniversary this year and focus on it this week, there’s nothing more fitting than honoring the only plant that’s been on GFE land since the garden started in 1990 — our mighty Monterey cypress tree!

GFE is a teaching and demonstration garden, so what happens to the vegetables in our raised beds and fruits from our orchards when it’s ready to harvest? Learn more about our donation efforts.

This weekend I want to bake myself a little love. This is my favorite kind of no-fuss cake that to me is perfect. No frosting or layers or complicated drizzles. Just delicious fruit, buttery batter and simplicity.

Today’s historical post takes a look at our hillside areas over twenty-four of the garden’s thirty-year history.

Shift your perspective and learn to experience nature from the eyes of a tiny creature.

This week’s featured California native plant is the cow parsnip (Heracleum maximum). It not only grows in California, but in most of the United States, and is the only plant in the genus Heracleum native to North America.

What’s the difference between all the types of soil you hear about? Learn about potting mix, planting mix, topsoil, and compost and which one is best for your purposes.

Homemade ricotta is just so much better than anything you can get from the store. Ricotta is soooo easy and one of those cooking projects that is well worth the extra effort. There are plenty of things that are not worth making from scratch but to me, ricotta is not one of those things.

Today’s historical post looks at GFE and the water surrounding it, past and present.

How are you? After checking in as a team, I thought it might be good to check in with YOU, our community! See how you are doing and tell you a little bit about the state of the garden.

Three scavenger hunts specific to the garden at GFE for youth ages 3-7.

This week, we focus our attention on the lupine, one gem we’re so pleased to have at GFE. We have several lupine plants, and most either self-seeded or sprouted from seeds sprinkled by staff in the garden’s native hillside area from a mother plant that was killed by gophers a couple of years ago. We suspect our lupines are either Silver Lupine (Lupinus albifrons) or Chamisso Bush Lupine (Lupinus chamissonis).

All you need to know about growing vegetables and herbs in containers, including soil, types of containers, drainage, and what to plant.