Garden Classes and Events to Grow Your Expertise All garden classes hosted at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto 94306  More classes on the way! A ticket for one of our classes supports all of our community oriented programming, including: Youth Education (free field trips for Title 1 schools), garden Volunteer Program, and weekly […]

It’s finally autumn! Click on the image above to get your October to-do list of garden activities, and be sure to get your winter garden started soon! Need help and guidance? Check out our Winter Gardening class with well-known Drew Harwell, the masterful designer of Jesse Cool’s garden.   Want a full year of planning? Make sure to sign […]

Pumpkins and winter squash are yet another impressively versatile vegetable. We can thank our ancestors for breeding such a useful plant! They are delicious in pie, stew, curry, and muffins. They are tasty when stuffed, and the seeds are a healthy snack. Check out our new post on the tastiest varieties to cook with. The Kakai variety, […]

June’s crop of the month is ubiquitous to Italian food, and makes a fantastic topping to every college student’s favorite food: pizza! Basil is an annual, sweet-smelling herb in the Lamiaceae (mint) family, which also includes basil’s delicious cousin, oregano. There are dozens of basil varieties, including ‘sweet basil,’ that usually refers to the mediterranean types used […]