Growing Together
Green Schoolyards, Education, and Food Access
Day of 100 Trees for Peace: 2013
Thank you for an incredibly successful and beautiful day of planting!!! Read about it on our blog here. Details of the planting locations from the event in 2013 are below. Also check out information on the 100 Trees for Peace events that we ran in 2014.
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Oakland City Wide Day of Fruit Tree Planting for Peace!
Sep 21 2013
– Workshops @ 10 am – Tree Plantings all Day – Celebration @ 6 pm
(see below for details)
We are planting 100+ trees for peace! On this day, where around the globe there will be mass gatherings and actions for peace, for the international day of peace, we are joining together to do one of the most life giving and life serving acts out there – plant fruit trees in a city wide coordinated effort that will nourish people for decades to come and heal and beautify our city at the same time.
Workshops: 10-11 am.
East Oakland – Cesar Chavez Park at 37th ave + Foothill; 10-11:30. Taught by Justin Valone, awesome teacher, food justice activist, and urban ag professor.
West Oakland - City Slickers - 34th st + Peralta St, Fitzgerald & Union Plaza. 10- 11, co-taught by City Slickers
Plantings:
NOTE: we are seeking volunteers for sites 1, 4, 9, and 12 (see below). Let us know if you can make it out to volunteer, email growingtogetherinfo@gmail.com or just show up.
East Oakland
1. Oakland Youth Revolution Garden and Community Center
3026 E16th St, Oakland
12 noon
contact: Cassandra Chen
Volunteers Wanted!
Planting 7 Trees
2. Franklin Community Center
1010 E 15th St, Oakland
New garden for refugee communities
Contact: Zack Reidman
Planting in the morning
Planting 2 trees
3. Sobrante Park and East Oakland Gardens
Contact Emily Fuentes
Planting Friday the 20th
Planting 8 trees
4. Cesar Chavez Park +Harrington Ave Neighbors + Templo Sinai Church
37th ave and Foothill
Contact: Mirian Obermeyer
Planting at 3 pm
Planting 21 trees
Volunteers Wanted – meet at Cesar Chavez Park
5. Stonehurst Elementary
E st. and 103rd ave
Contact: Suzanne Ludlum
Planting Sep 20th 1-5 pm
Planting 10 trees
6. Rudsdale School Garden
1180 70th Ave
Contact: Renee
Planting 2 trees
7. La Biblioteca and neighbors
2334 E 15th st, Oakland
Planting 8 trees
Planting on the 23rd
West Oakland
8. St. Mary's Center Garden
925 Brockhurst St
33rd and San Pablo
Contact: Christopher Shein
Planting Sep 18th 9:30am-12:30 pm
Volunteers welcome
Planting 10 trees
9. City Slickers Backyard Gardeners
Workshop at 34th and Peralta Streets at garden at Fitzgerald and Union Plaza Park
Contact: Maggie
Volunteers wanted!
Workshop 10-11 followed by plantings at 11 am
Planting 14 trees
North Oakland/ South Berkeley
10. PLACE for Sustainable Living and St Columba's Church
1121 64th st, Oakland
Contact: Gerardo Leon/ Veronica
Planting 8 trees
11. Spiral Gardens
Oregon and Sacramento, Berkeley
Planting and volunteer day 11 am on
Planting 3 trees
12. Ashby Community Garden:
1370 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley
Contact: Bonnie Boruki
Planting at 2:30pm
Volunteers wanted
Planting 8 trees
13. Phat Beets Produce
Dover Park garden at 57th and Dover St , Oakland
Contact: Max Cadji
Planting and community meetup, potluck and celebration at 6 pm; Outdoor movie screening at 7:30.
Planting 1 tree
Celebration: 6-9 pm, Meet at 6 to meet other tree planters, create collaborative map of plantings, plant and dedicate one last tree for peace, and share potluck. Outdoor movie screening @ Dover Park w/ Phat Beets at 57th + Dover at 7:30 pm – bring blankets. Come chill out and watch a movie in the park after a long day of plantings! We will be serving yummy movie snacks! All are welcome.