Growing Food
Are you an Oakland resident with an excess of front yard or back yard green space? Would you love to see the space cultivated, but you lack the time to do so yourself? Why not offer your surplus green space to a neighbor in exchange for a share of the produce grown on your land?
Backyard-sharing projects are gaining in popularity, and aside from the two most well-known groups, Hyperlocavore and Sharing Backyards, we now have a backyard sharing project in the East Bay. Neighborhood Vegetables is a backyard-sharing project benefiting residents of Berkeley, Oakland, and Richmond, whereby those with surplus backyard space offer their land to their neighbors with less growing space.
To join the project, visit the website and join the group that best describes the neighborhood in which you live. At the bottom of this page, there will be a list of recommended nurseries and upcoming plant sales where you can purchase seeds and vegetable starts.
Forage Oakland
Forage Oakland is a backyard barter network based in Oakland, California, whereby residents barter their surplus backyard fruit with their North Oakland and South Berkeley neighbors. Click here for link
*Berkeley and Oakland Nurseries*
The Spiral Gardens: 2850 Sacramento Ave at Oregon St. Spiral Gradens' Mission is to "create healthy sustainable communities by promoting a strong local food system and encouraging productive use of urban soil."
Nursery Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, & Saturday; 10:00 am until 5:00 pm
