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 Rose arbor entrance to the Carmelitos Garden in Long Beach. The rose arbor was designed by Common Ground staff member Pete Beaudoin and constructed with the help of the Growing Experience Job Training crew. The Growing Experience program is co-sponsored by Common Ground and the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission. | |
 | Kids transplanting and watering. |
 | Helping kids get growing from the beginnings of a garden in Watts. |
 | Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers present seasonal workshops at community gardens |
 | Manuel Cisneros, Community Development Commission staffer and Common Ground Master Gardener and Master Composter, shows Francis Avenue Community Garden kids how to prepare the soil in their plots. |
 | The school garden crew |
 | Photo by Yvonne Savio, © UC Regents |
 | There's the veggie garden... |
 | ...and then there are flower gardens. |
From Recycle "Useless" Items into "New" Garden Tools | |
 | Strawberry and cherry tomato baskets provide protection to tender seedlings from marauding birds -- by the time the seedlings grow through the container, they're no longer as tasty to the birds. |
 | Cut-off milk cartons provide protection from wind and cutworms. |
 | Assorted bits and pieces become a compost bin. |
 | Five-gallon nursery containers make easy deep-watering containers. |
 | Plastic water and milk jugs -- the King of Recyclables |
 | Excess tiles become raised-bed sides and in-the-garden art. |
 | Even bicycles can become container planters.. |
| Photos of UCCE Los Angeles activities | |
 | There's nothing quite like the glow of pride beaming from a new gardener holding a prize harvest. |
 | Francis Avenue Community Gardeners clear new plots with help from Master Gardener Jack Sanders. |
 | Food and Nutrition Coordinator Sue Giordano and Assistant Alejandrina Orozco present a "Fresh From the Garden" workshop to members of the Altadena Community Garden. |
 | Master Gardener Bea Gold responds to email gardening questions. See Questions for details. |
