Nature can have a dramatic effect on our mood. Plants and animals can calm our frayed nerves by giving us a very real connection to other living beings. They bring happiness. They bring companionship. Planting seeds and watching the wonderous process of germination is something I will personally never tire of. Staring at trays of…

Victory gardens in public spaces brought the country together during the food insecurity of World War II, and they can do the same thing today. From apartment dwellers with no room to grow plants to homeowners with a bountiful backyard, community gardens are about the social aspect as much as the resulting fruits and vegetables….

A man named Seneca Scott built community in West Oakland by building a community garden. Bottoms Up Garden lost its crops during the pandemic, but the community it built is still there. Seneca was no farmer when he moved to West Oakland from inner-city Cleveland via Cornell. But his neighbor Jason Byrnes was from rural…

While residents gather seeds and supplies and head out into their backyards this spring, many are expanding permaculture efforts despite the rising cost of things like fertilizer. Insights from an Axiom market report on gardening trends for 2022 showed 62 percent Americans planned to cultivate more edible plants on their property this season. More than…

BURBANK, Calif.—Recent inflation and the COVID-19 pandemic have spurred more Southern Californians to start home and community gardens, according to local experts. Burbank Community Gardens volunteers were surprised this month after around 150 people and organizations recently applied for a few open spots at the first of two new gardens. The group hopes to provide…