Garden at City Hall
Inspired by Slow Food Nation and Victory Gardens 2008, San Francisco has overachieved with the planting of its own organic garden in front of city hall. Planted in July, the garden is in full swing and will be harvested on September 21st with all produce being donated to those with limited access to healthy organic produce through a partnership with local food banks and meal programs.
I had a chance to take a tour during the Slow Food Nation celebration over Labor Day. In addition to the garden, there were several organic food stands offering up samples, demonstrations about organic and sustainable gardening, a marketplace bazaar with vendors hawking street food, and a “soap box” lending itself for lively debate and discussion.
While the bazaar, soap box, and demonstrations have passed, the garden will be going strong for the next few weeks. It’s a sight that everyone should see and something that I hope San Francisco has plans to repeat in the future.
After attending, I am even more excited about being #1 on the waitlist for my garden plot in Mission Bay…. by the end of the year, I’ll be pulling my own organics out of the ground!
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