[ November 5, 2008; 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Join us Wednesday, November 5th in the McKinley and McDowell gardens for our workshop:  “Grow Delicious Food Year Round — Preparing the Winter Garden” .  Master Gardeners Joan Betts and Carolyn Kameoka will demonstrate how to produce the maximum amount of food in a small garden plot, throughout the winter months. Topics include: planning, soil preparation, seasonally appropriate planting, [...]

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The following was excerpted from a letter to teachers, staff, gardeners and other contributors to the McKinley Community School Garden, from Ruth Persselin (Petaluma Bounty Gardens Coordinator)…
“I’d like to share with you some inspiring photos of the wondrous transformation that took place this past spring at McKinley Elementary School.  A magical plot of land at the center of [...]

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Great music, great workshops, great games and, most importantly, outrageous strawberry shortcake–baked fresh that morning with heaps of organic strawberries from Carstensen’s Strawberry Stand–made for a great event this past Saturday. 
You can see some photos of the event on Petaluma 360. 
Thank you to the many volunteers and organizations who helped to make this such a [...]

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On Friday, October 19, 2007 Grayson James (Petaluma Bounty’s Executive Director) joined other local institutional, nonprofit and business leaders to receive the 2007 North Bay Leadership Council Awards for their contribution to Petaluma’s S.H.A.K.E. group (Support Healthy and Active Kids in Education). S.H.A.K.E., an innovative collaboration between parents, school employees, and the health care [...]

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