Garden Starts

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From 2007 to 2012, Petaluma Bounty and a dedicated group of volunteers helped create eight community gardens. The first two community gardens were located on elementary school sites and included family plots at the McKinley and McDowell Schools. 

The third community garden was aptly located at La Tercera Park (which means “the Third” in Spanish) on the East side of Petaluma. The La Tercera Community Garden was a collaboration between Petaluma Bounty, the City of Petaluma and the“Take Back La Tercera Park” neighborhood group.

The fourth community garden was located on the campus of Miwok Valley Elementary School, on St. Francis Drive.

The fifth garden, at Petaluma City Hall, was created in collaboration with the City of Petaluma, Rebuilding Together Petaluma, and Daily Acts, as part of the October 24th City Hall Re-landscaping and Sheet Mulching day, in conjunction with the 350 Day of [Climate Change] Action. It was transitioned to an edible landscape project in 2018.

The sixth garden is Arroyo Community Garden, behind Living Word Luthern Church. This garden was a partnership between Petaluma Bounty Garden Starts and a strong group of volunteers.

Sunrise Community Gardens was the seventh garden constructed on Sunrise Parkway and North McDowell Blvd. St. Josephs’s Health, Round Walk Village residents, and local neighbors came together with Petaluma Bounty and Petaluma Parks and Recreation to bring this garden to fruition.

The eighth garden is located at Petaluma People Services Center and came together through the collaborative efforts of Heritage Salvage, A Farm for All, Kohls and Petaluma Bounty. This garden is for the use of PPSC’s Programs and participants.

In addition to the above gardens, the Garden Starts program mentored additional community efforts to build more garden space at St. Vincent’s High School garden, St. James Catholic Church garden, Petaluma Dental Group, and Petaluma Health Center.

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