Charles Street Gardens

On July 4th 2010 at the Sunnyvale State of the City event in Washington Park, Art Gianfermo received the Community Volunteer of the Year award.
Art  was recognized for being the “heart and soul” of Charles Street Gardens, Sunnyvale’s community garden, for his tireless efforts.  He volunteers as many as up to 20 hours a week focusing on [...]

Share the Garden with the Sunnyvale Community & Year Five Kickoff Celebration

Saturday  June 5, 2010
1:00pm to 6:00pm
Charles Street Gardens
433 Charles Street
Sunnyvale, CA

Activities & Time Frames for Volunteers
·        Children’s Activities: Paint UR Own Flower Pot & Sustainable Paper Flower Pots – 1-6pm
·        Garden Tours: Guided & Self Guided Tours – 1-6pm
·        [...]

Charles Street Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale and Open House is on Saturday, April 17, 2010 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Come by and get seedlings for your summer garden and tour Sunnyvale’s only community garden.
We will have a variety of spring and summer vegetable seedlings (tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, etc.) for sale as well as herbs and [...]

Charles Street Gardens’ Fall Plant Sale is on Saturday, October 3, 2009, from 9:00am to 2:00pm. Come by and get seedlings for your fall/winter garden. Yes, you can grow veggies all winter in the bay area!
We will have winter greens, broccoli, cabbage, perennial herbs, and lots of strawberries. Fall is the best time to plant [...]

Charles Street Gardens opened its gates to Sunnyvale on May 29, 2006 and we have been growing ever since thanks to all of our wonderful volunteers. Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate this weekend. It was great to celebrate with our founding members and the many new faces who have joined over the [...]

We are looking for a new volunteer Garden Manager to help lead projects and volunteers at the garden. This is a great way to get to meet and help fellow gardeners while helping to keep our projects and events running. Take a look at the job description below to see if you would be a [...]

Our 3rd annual Spring Plant Sale fundraiser was a success. We sold a ton of vegetable, herb, and flower seedlings; and gave tours of the gardens in between the 2 transplanting classes that the Master Gardeners taught. We saw old friends and supporters as well as new faces that will hopefully visit the garden again. [...]

Our Spring Plant Sale is today! Get to the garden early for best selection. Popular varieties will sell out fast. And don’t forget the free planting classes at 10:30am and 1:00pm.
See you there.

If you are interested in volunteering at our Earth Day Plant Sale on April 18 please email Jenny. We are looking for people to set up, assist with purchases, and clean up, as well as pass out fliers at the Farmer’s Market.
Even if you don’t have time to volunteer, feel free to stop by and [...]

Our 3rd annual Earth Day Plant Sale is coming up.
We will be offering a variety of vegetable, herb, and perennial flower seedlings for a suggested tax-deductible donation (all proceeds benefit our volunteer-run community garden). All plants are organically raised right here at Charles Street Gardens. We will also be offering tours of the gardens and [...]