Temescal Roof Top Nursery

Our rooftop nursery!  Here we start thousands of vegetable seedlings, berries, herbs, and fruits, to be planted at our many projects throughout the Bay Area. This video, taken in June 2009, examines the rooftop nursery and garden above the home of Planting Justice founders Gavin Raders and Haleh Zandi in Oakland, CA. Gavin takes you through this tour, explaining some of the principles of permaculture and plant guilds by demonstrating how to create dynamic polycultures in containers.  Since we first began gardening on our roof one year ago, we've harvested approximately 500 pounds of produce, saving over $1000!

Come join us on the roof!  We regularly hold community work parties up here...seeding new flats of seeds, transplanting, building, etc.  Send us an email, or sign up for our listserv for regular announcements regarding free workshops, community work parties, job opportunities, and more!

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