International Tulip (Or Daffodil!) Guerrilla Gardening Day.

Saturday 9 October, is the first International Tulip Guerrilla Gardening Day. Just like International Sunflower Guerrilla Gardening Day in May it's an excuse to go out and plant tulips (or daffs) in your neighbourhood and beyond, knowing that others are doing the same all over the place at the...

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One week before the sale!

Phil obliterates weedsToday we had an extra volunteer day to help with prep for our big plant sale on October 16thWe had a great turnout! Leanne and Phil, Alison and Rick, Emily, Arum, Gina, Michelle and I worked from about 9-2pm, and in that time we weeded the entire dog area, sheared the lavenders...

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Sale plants looking GOOD!

Salvia elegans, Plectranthusargenteus and an Echeveriaready to sell.I was perusing the plants we have for the sale and wow: they are looking really nice! We have over 550 plants for this sale - loads more than last sale, and they are beautiful quality. We have quite a few from Whole Foods, some from...

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Potrero Hill Festival

The 20th Annual Potrero Hill Festival will be held on October 16th on 20th Street between Wisconsin and Missouri Streets. Yes that's right - the same day as our plant sale!Potrero Hill, the iconic neighborhood is hosting the 20th annual festival with of a “New Orleans” Style Brunch created by the California...

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Nickels for P. Garden!

Whole Foods is doing their Nickels for Nonprofits thing again. This is where you bring your shopping bags and they donate $0.05 for each bag to one of three nonprofits. Between now and the holidays, PG is one of those nonprofits!So, every time you shop there, even if you’re only buying a tiny lip gloss...

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Sloat sponsors raffle prizes!

This just in! Sloat Garden Center (home of all plants we drool over) has agreed to donate prizes to us for the raffle at our plant sale on October 16th!Come to the garden and buy a ticket or five, or get tickets at our booth at the Potrero Hill Festival on October 16th too! Oh I'm dying to know what...

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Garden City Workshop Oct 10th: Sign Up Today!

A Three Part Workshop Series- October 10, 17, and November 7th. Have you been dreaming of starting your own urban oasis, a garden where you can grow you own food and find some peace of mind, but you don't have any space and don't know where to look to find some? If so, this 3 part practical workshop series is for you! Attend one workshop, or all three. This workshop series is co-presented by the San Francisco Parks Trust and Garden for the Environment. Garden City Workshop I: Finding City Land for a Garden & Bicycle Tour Date: Sunday, October...

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LAST CALL! Calling all dog owners! Win a prize!

UPDATE! We have some winners already.... just TWO more prizes left to grab folks! ENTER NOW!Great day for dog owners at P. Garden: we’re having a contest, and you can win some excellent prizes!We have 6 fantastic sets of dog poop bag dispensers and biodegradable bags up for grabs in this contest....

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Rain?!?

Last night it rained a bit. Not in any meaningful way - just enough to make the patio wet - but the garden felt "fresh" when Matt and I went out there this morning.Between 10am and 3pm we took care of quite a few things:- Watered the left bed, Canna area, front border, back border, steps, sale plants,...

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Trimming

 Today I got to the garden around 3pm, and stayed til 7pm. Matt propagated 3+ flats of Calandrinias donated by Deborah for the back border, while I hand watered the cactus wall, left bed, lavender hedge, sale plants and bamboo.The Gazanas in the red bed are looking lovely - the colors fade in an...

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Plant profile: Crassula capitella "Campfire"

This Crassula is one member of that large genus you won't forget. Words used to describe this plant include: Incendiary! Glowing! Hot! Wow! And as you can see from the photo, they're quite apt.Latin name: Crassula erosula. ("KRASS-you-lah er-oz-YOU-lah")Common name: Crassula, Campfire PlantOriginally...

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Calling all dog owners! Win a prize!

Great day for dog owners at P. Garden: we’re having a contest, and you can win some excellent prizes!We have 6 fantastic sets of dog poop bag dispensers and biodegradable bags up for grabs in this contest. All you have to do is answer this one simple question by emailing me: annie at psgsf.orgName...

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Power corrupts (me!)

I was asked to be a judge at a plant competition that happened today at the inaugural planting of the Indiana Street "Progress Park." Naturally this brought every officious, power-hungry, judgemental fiber of my being to attention. Fun times ahead!I asked John to join me and he arrived at P. Garden...

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Neighborhood Getting Greener All the Time

The Mission Bay neighborhood may be getting a new public green space in the future. I met with Bekah and Julie about their plans to get a new community garden going somewhere (maybe you can help them secure a spot?) in Mission Bay. Here's their official blurb and call to action:GRASS ROOTS ACTION: COMMUNITY...

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Berkeley Arboretum Sale trip

Yesterday John and I went to the Berkeley Arboretum sale and silent auction. We got there 15 minutes before the members-only time opened, and the line was already huge. When the gates opened it was mayhem!We scurried in and picked out some plants (Agave ovatifolia, Aloe speciosa and a Dudleya for...

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Godmother payback

Last week I got an email from Sharon, one of The Godmothers who helped Emily out with a donation for the Mariposa Center Garden. Sharon was looking for two freaky plants for planters at her school.  I thought Agave americanas would be good in that warm, dry spot, but didn't have a matching pair...

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Weeds begone!

Up at the crack o'dawn today to go to the Sloat plant sale. I got some Penstemons for Emily's upcoming demonstration gardening event at UCSF (details to follow)At 10am Matt and I made it to the garden. This volunteer day was another great show of might in numbers. In two hours Arum, Nataly, Elliot,...

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Potting session

Matt and I went out today and potted up some Agave lophantha that John gave us recently. Took about an hour to get them all set up for the plant sale, and we have more to do. Then we were hungry... so we left!Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention.... it RAINED today. The non-locals may not appreciate...

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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - September 2010

 Our days have been cool and windy lately, but Monday and Tuesday gave us warm sunshine in the afternoons and that felt very good. Today was mostly cloudy and gray, with a very nippy breeze...not condusive to gardening, but I managed to force myself to go out for a little while and tidy some edges,...

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