Community Garden
Guadalupe River Park & Gardens announces its latest addition!
Check out the newest addition to the Guadalupe River Park & Gardens! After months of construction, the newest City of San Jose Community Garden is ready to open November 5th, 2008. The Guadalupe Community Garden is one of 19 community gardens - occupying approximately 37 acres of land - operated by the City of San Jose for the benefit of its residents. The Community Gardening Program started in 1977. The first garden, Mi Tierra, was located on a five-acre parcel that had been a City tree nursery. Each garden manages their own day-to-day operations with a volunteer staff, including managers, assistant managers and secretary/ treasurers. The majority of the gardens are older than 15 years. Guadalupe Community Garden consists of 33 plots, including four that are raised for easy accessibility. It is a beautiful facility, with raised beds, a tool shed and a nice covered area for garden workshops and gatherings. Right now, it will have a slow start due to the time of year, but come spring, watch us grow!!
Click here to see the layout of the
garden. (297 KB .pdf file)
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| A groundbreaking ceremony was held in
Guadalupe Gardens on Wednesday, February 13, for an
innovative new community garden – the first community garden
in California to be irrigated with recycled water. It is a
joint project of the City of San Jose, South Bay Water
Recycling, and Friends of GRPG. Partial funding for the
garden was provided by the WateReuse Foundation through a
grant to the Friends in 2004.
The one-acre garden will be located at the intersection
of Walnut and Asbury streets, just north of Taylor Street.
It will be the 19th community garden in the City of San Jose
when it is completed in August 2008. There will be 33 plots
in total, including 4 raised beds that are
wheelchair-accessible. San Jose residents may sign up now
for a garden plot by contacting Manny Perez, San Jose
Community Garden Coordinator at Manuel.Perez@sanjoseca.gov or 408-793-5533.
San Jose City Councilmember Sam Liccardo, speaking at the
groundbreaking, hailed the new garden as a site for
residents to grow their own produce, flowers and herbs, but
also for its role in enhancing the Mayor’s Green Vision for
the city. One element of the Green Vision is to recycle or
beneficially reuse 100 percent of our wastewater, or 100
million gallons per day. “As the first garden of its kind in
California to be irrigated with recycled water this
community garden is an excellent example of a public private
partnership doing good while going ‘green’,” said
Councilmember Liccardo. More information on recycled water
use in San Jose can be found at www.sbwr.com,
the website for South Bay Water Recycling.
The community garden and its pioneering use of recycled
water for irrigation illustrates the role of Guadalupe River
Park & Gardens as an outdoor classroom where adults and
children can learn about horticulture, environmental
stewardship, and the region’s agricultural heritage.
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Garden
Features
• Newest addition to San
Jose’s city-wide Community Gardens program
• Developed by the City of San Jose, South
Bay Water Recycling, and Friends of Guadalupe River Park &
Gardens
• Addresses the Mayor’s Green Vision goal
to recycled or reuse 100% of our wastewater (100 million
gallons a day)
• Furthers the mission of Guadalupe
Gardens to be a demonstration site for
environmentally-friendly gardening
• First community garden in California to
be irrigated with recycled water
• One acre in size --- state-of-the-art
design
• 29 individual plots for gardeners
(20 – 20’x20’ and 9 – 15’x20’)
• 4 wheelchair-accessible raised beds
(20’x5’x32”h)
• Shade structure, picnic tables,
barbeque, compost bins, tool shed, and a sink for washing
produce
• Centrally located and accessible by
public transportation
• Restrooms nearby in Columbus Park |
Click here to see a
full version of this flyer. (885 KB .pdf file)
Corbin Schneider, Project Architect, Verde Design, Inc.
Kathleen Muller, Project Manager
Phil Sims, President, Friends of GRPG
Sam Liccardo, City Council member, District 3
Mansour Nasser, South Bay Water Recycling
Julie Edmonds-Mares, Asst. Dir., PRNS
Leslee Hamilton, Executive Director, Friends of GRPG
Leslee Hamilton, Executive Director, Friends of GRPG
Mansour Nasser, South Bay Water Recycling
Phil Sims, President, Friends of GRPG
Sam Liccardo, City Council member, District 3
The site of the community garden is the corner of Spring Street and
Walnut Street, just north of Taylor Street.
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