L.A. Green Grounds

We thank you for your interest in our work, and for your ongoing support. We have prided ourselves on running a low-overhead operation. To make sure that our ongoing operations remain steady and accessible to anyone, we are now able to take tax-deductible donations. We are partnering with The LA Community Garden Council as our [...]

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.

LA Green Grounds Dig-Ins tend to be photogenic (if we may say so ourselves!). Whether of volunteers working hard to reclaim front-yard soil, or of smiles as people gaze onto a new edible garden, we snap photos of all Dig-Ins (and other related activities) for our Flickr page that we also compile into follow-up posts [...]

Join us Saturday, May 12 in beautiful Leimert Park for our next LA Green Grounds Dig-In! We’ll begin at 9:30am and go until a new edible garden is in place. UPDATE: Thank you to friend and community organizer Eddie North-Hager for promoting the Dig-In on Leimert Park Beat — and the videos he’s place on [...]

This month’s dig-in will take place on Sunday, November 13, at 645 E. 74th St. in Los Angeles (zip 90001). It’s a great space, already dug out, with no grass. We’ll be planting all manner of veggies, and installing raised beds, and planting some more. In between we do lunch~~potluck style. So bring yer favorite [...]

A look at a grass roots effort to green up Los Angeles one garden plot at a time.– Video description, MrDadaEat (aka Jackson Stakeman) In April, USC Neuroscience student Kelly McColl and graduating Cinematic Arts senior Jackson Stakeman set out to document Green Grounds. The resulting video powerfully discusses efforts to combat food deserts in [...]

When you garden it is hard to explain the feeling of euphoria you get. The work you do in your own or someone else’s garden is so satisfying. To make your soil, sow your seeds, and take care of your plants though out the growing stage. The plant will show it’s appreciation by bearing its [...]

October 30th is when we’ll tackle Celeste’s backyard garden. Below are images of its current state. To her luck she has loose sandy soil and ample sun-accessible garden space. Until we come over Celeste has her homework cut out for her. She will be removing weeds, glass, and debris from decades ago. Celeste also has [...]

Perhaps we can tackle Ron’s parking strip after establishing Celeste’s edible garden? Why waste water on turf when you can have edible gardens that beautify the neighborhood, built community, and are edible? It’s time, Green Grounders, it’s high time! In the spirit of getting rid of lawn landscape designer The Germinatrix points out: “My personal issue [...]