Walking through the Main Street Community Garden you will see many iterations of a well-tended vegetable garden, neat rows of carrots and beets, perfect heads of cabbage. And then there
By Ken Hansen
I had read an amazing article in National Geographic Magazine’s March 2016 issue about food waste and one man’s mission to help solve hunger. It
RECIPE: Stir-fry Kale & Beet Tops
+ Kale Chips
One of the greatest joys to having a vegetable garden is the ability to eat very fresh
fruits and vegetables. The kids
Seeds burst with life. Wondrous, seemingly miraculous, in a seed, as tiny as a fleck or grain, is an embryo of a flowering plant, a food, a tree. Those seeds
The following article is from one of our community gardeners, Ann Shepphird. It was originally posted on her website, GardensToTables.com, which she started when she got her community garden
By Talia Tinari
The salesman poured a taste of wine into the glass. I swirled, smelled, tasted, spit. “All BI-O-dy-NAMIC!” he said. I nodded my head, not really sure what
Editor’s note: With the opening of the Expo Line’s extension to Santa Monica, locals have a new way to explore neighboring areas. The Daily Press will publish a
Name: Tiffany
Community gardener since: 2014
Plot Size: 10 x 10
Gardening background: One of my most favorite activities as a kid was picking peaches at a local farm not
By Chris Gutierrez
Two blocks from the Pacific Ocean sweeping into the Santa Monica Bay, glistens another realm of biodiversity. For 40 years the Santa Monica Community Gardens on Main
