L.A. Green Grounds

This week has been a flurry of activity. Two dig-ins, over a hundred volunteers, from far and wide–North Hills, Orange County, Cerritos, Santa Monica, La Habra, Glendale, Pasadena, Lawndale, W Hollywood, Redlands, Inglewood, Sherman Oaks, Torrance, Encino, and Compton, as well as our beloved Los Angeles. And even the ice-cream truck stopped by. And in [...]

LA Green Grounds would like to thank everyone for writing in and showing so much support for the work we do. The March Dig-In is at capacity! We really appreciate it and look forward to honoring Mother Earth this April with a Earth Day Dig-in. To LA Green Grounds, every day is Earth Day.

The Expo Park community in South Los Angeles has seen a flurry of activity in the last few months. In October (2012) CicLaVia–a large block party and bike ride–came down the Figueroa Corridor. A few weeks later, the Space Shuttle Endeavor moved down the street on a two day journey to the nearby California Science [...]

The 4th annual LA Hunger Action Day was held today, November 1st., in downtown to oppose the criminalization of growing, distributing and selling food. LA Green Grounds represented beautifully.

During the summer months LA Green Grounds takes time off from Dig-Ins (due to the heat), but activities continue in earnest. Last weekend we held our first Summer Harvest Fest, which we’ll write about soon. In the meantime we’re catching up on posts and pics from earlier in the summer. Below we’re happy to feature [...]

The massed insects that recently are attacking Maggie & John’s collard greens (and now on their strawberry) are the dreaded “Bagrada bug”. It’s a new (relatively) pest that’s come over from Arizona (in 2009), and is spreading throughout the southland. It breeds prolifically, eats cabbage family plants, but also is getting onto lots of other [...]

Join us at Roberto and Sandra’s front yard. Bring your hat, waterbottle, and a dish to share as we break for a potluck lunch during the middle of the day.

There is much to celebrate from Judy’s LA Green Grounds Dig-In: a great volunteer turnout from Los Angeles Stanford Alumni, talking urban agriculture with Eddie North-Hager and Leimert Park Beat, and building another edible garden where there was once turf on a wonderful and historic street in South Los Angeles. Each of these items deserve [...]