Charles Street Gardens

Spring Plant Sale April 21, 2012

webmaster — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:27:17 +0000

Charles Street Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale is on Saturday April 21, 2012 from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Come by and get seedlings for your summer garden and tour Sunnyvale’s only community garden.

Vegetable Plants, Flowers, Bulbs and Herbs For Sale
Art in the Garden with local Artists
Stories for the children by the Sunnyvale Children’s Librarian
Music by local groups and individuals

See you there!

433 Charles Street
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

All proceeds benefit Sunnyvale’s non-profit community garden.

Heirloom Tomato Tasting Sat Oct 1st 1-3pm

webmaster — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:22 +0000

We’ve been busy growing over 100 varieties heirloom tomatoes and it time to give them a taste.

We have White Cherry, Black Cherry, Chinese Tzi Bi (aka Violet Jasper), Coyote Cherry, Chucks Yellow, Anna’s Orange, Beliz Pink, Red Martina, OSU Purple, Persimmon, Hill Billy, Indian Red, Elfie, Hugh, Garden Peach, Kellogg Breakfast, Green Giant, Green Doctor, to Black Ethiopians, Black Krim, Crimson Carmello, Cherokee Purple, Yellow Brandywine Chili Verde, Caspian Pink, Black Ox, Chantie Rose, Blondkopfchen, Brown Yellow Giant, Camp Joy cherry, Church, Effie, Red Strawberry, Ghost Cherry, Great White, Hawaiian Pineapple, hippy Zebra, Indira Gnadi, Jaune Flamme, Julia Childs, Matina, Orange Strawberry, Yellow Orange Paw Paw, Red Pear, Rosilito, Sweet Horizon, Kentucky Beef, Mandarin Cross, TO NAME A FEW.

You will never forget how different each variety tastes.

Your Participation Supports Local Organic Sustainable Agriculture.
For directions or information call or text 408-605-0890
Hope to see you there.

Fall Plant Sale this Saturday Oct 1st 9am-3pm

webmaster — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:16 +0000

Its time to start planting your Fall Winter Garden. We have Broccoli, Lettuce Mixes, Giant Spinach, Chard, Peas, Kale, Herbs, and Dahlias. All our plants are organically grown by CSG volunteers. We also have cover crop and fava seed packets to help maintain your soil structure over the winter. Charles Street Gardens demonstrates many sustainable ways of growing fruits, veggies, herbs and flowers.
For information call Eric at 408-605-0890.

CSG 101 Organic Gardening Class – Requirement for your own plot

webmaster — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:17:15 +0000

Two CSG 101 Organic Gardening classes (requirement for your own CSG plot) are scheduled for the following dates:
Saturday, August 13, 9:30AM to 11:30AM or
Tuesday, August 16, 6:30PM to 8:00PM
No registration is needed. The classes will be held at CSG near the BBQ and picnic table area.

Spring Plant Sale & Open House – April 16

webmaster — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:27:31 +0000

Charles Street Gardens’ Spring Plant Sale and Open House is on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Come by and get seedlings for your summer garden and tour Sunnyvale’s only community garden.

* Organically-grown plants, raised in Sunnyvale by the Charles Street Gardeners

* Tour our community garden for ideas and inspiration

* Special seed-planting class for kids!

* Master Gardeners on hand all day to answer your questions

There will also be a FREE gardening class on “The Fundamental to Successful Gardening” taught by the Master Gardeners at 1:00pm – 3:00pm.

See you there!

433 Charles Street
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

All proceeds benefit Sunnyvale’s non-profit community garden.

Art Gianfermo Receives Sunnyvale Community Volunteer of the Year Award

webmaster — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:48:07 +0000

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 the Food Forest activities. The goal of Art’s Food Forest permaculture project is to provide fresh produce to families in need via a partnership with Sunnyvale Cares. Art always welcomes new volunteers who wish to help grow food for the hungry and learn more about gardening.

Please stop by Charles Street Gardens and congratulate Art on his well deserved award.

Charles Street Gardens – Year Five Kickoff Celebration

webmaster — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:27:16 +0000

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

· Master Gardener’s Class on Sustainable Pest Management - 1-3pm

· Snail Races: A New race every hour – 1-6pm

· Food – Appetizers, drinks – 3 to 6pm

· Poetry Jam – Variety of local talent -3:30pm

· Favorite Garden Memories & stories – 4:15pm

· History of the Garden – 4:45pm

· Thank You – Appreciation – 5:15pm

· Cake – Join us for a dessert – 5:30pm

Spring Plant Sale & Open House – April 17

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:30:52 +0000

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 perennials such as strawberries and raspberries.

There will also be a FREE gardening class on “Planting Your Summer Garden” taught by the Master Gardeners at 10:30am and 1:00pm.

See you there!

433 Charles Street
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

All proceeds benefit Sunnyvale’s non-profit community garden.

Fall Plant Sale – October 3

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:01:06 +0000

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 perennials like strawberries.

See you there!

433 Charles Street
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

All proceeds benefit Sunnyvale’s non-profit community garden.

Happy Anniversary Charles Street Gardens!

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:25:10 +0000

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 years.

Here’s to many more years of growing!