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      GRAZE THE ROOF
      Garden Project at Glide's Rooftop 
 
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      Youth and Teens
     
      
      NEW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY

      Glide has a new community rooftop garden
      project underway. It's located on top of Glide's
      Affordable Family Housing, Cecil Williams
      Community House. We need experienced
      contractor volunteers to help build the shade
      structure and outdoor food prep area during
      August. We have tools, but we need your skills!
      Email grazetheroof@gmail.com to volunteer.
 
     
      UPCOMING EVENTS    
      
      Introduction to Honey Extraction
      Beekeeping in the City Series
      DATE: September 12, 10am-Noon
      COST: $20 Suggested Donation
      
      Learn about the basics of honey extraction
      and take home one of Glide's first jars
      of honey! RSVP    
      required: grazetheroof@gmail.com   
 
      
     
      
     
 
GRAZE THE ROOF
GARDEN PROJECT AT GLIDE'S ROOFTOP

 

During the summer of 2008,  the rooftop at Glide Memorial has been transformed into an edible garden! The project is an experiment in local, urban, sustainable, Do-It-Ourselves food production.
 
The rooftop features Hydroponic vegetable growers; Earthboxes, a type of self watering container; customized, lightweight garden beds made from shipping pallets and milk crates;a worm composting system; and an educational mural which ties the whole project together, showing scenes of youth planting, harvesting, eating and composting their crops of cucumber, kale, corn, squash and tomatoes. 
 
Adult volunteers helped construct the garden, and Glide youth, who come mostly from low-income families, gained hands-on gardening experience over the course of the summer and throughout the year. Take a garden tour, volunteer, and/or learn more, please contact the Glide Facilities Department at 415-674-6120 or email: garden@glide.org.
 
Updates available on the Graze the Roof blogspot, click here.
 

 
 
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