We improve the health and sustainability of school communities.
We believe a direct, personal connection to nature and our food system is fundamental to a healthy life, and that every child deserves access to good food and the chance to learn outside. We make that happen by running school gardens and farms across the East Bay.
Carrot harvest at Lupine Hills Elementary, fall 2025founded in Oakland, planting trees neighborhood by neighborhood.
Title 1 public schools across four East Bay districts.
students in our programs this school year.
staff plus 117 student apprentices, rooted in school communities.
Over a decade of grassroots school greening.
Growing Together began as neighbors greening public spaces and planting fruit trees. As schools saw how the work changed students, it grew into integrated outdoor learning across four districts.
Founded in Oakland
Neighbors planting trees and greening public spaces, block by block. Schools soon invite us in, and tree planting quickly grows into school garden education.
Fresh Food Access
Born out of our grassroots pandemic relief response, delivering produce and meals to tens of thousands of public school families each week.
First school farm
Students and staff convert an unused baseball field into a one-acre farm, the start of our farm-to-school program.
A statewide coalition
We organize & launch the California School Garden Coalition, now 80+ organizations.
49 schools, 4 districts
11,590 students reached. WCCUSD names us Partner of the Year.
Boots on the ground, hands in the soil.
Our team is intersectional by design: educators, landscapers, naturalists, farmers, business operators, and school parents.
93¢ programs · 7¢ admin & operations · five diversified revenue streams
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WCCUSD Partner of the Year, 2026.
501(c)(3) · EIN 88-2293022 · independently audited
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We hire educators, farmers, builders, and organizers from the communities we serve.