Community Roots Garden Resources
Feel free to print them for your own use, but do not sell or mass-distribute without our permission.
Making and Using Compost (by Lorraine Walter, Compost Master)
Garden Soil Preparation (by Eric Humel, our Garden Manager)
Unconventional: Opportunities for Youth in Agriculture, a short video we produced in collaboration with Oxnard City Corps in 2010
Guide to Ventura County Gardening Resources
Ventura County Vegetable Planting Guide
Resources on Starting a Community Garden:
American Community Garden Association Website
LA Master Gardeners’ Common Ground Program
Links We Like:
About Community Gardens and Food Security (WhyHunger)
Anathoth Community Garden, North Carolina
The Food Project, Boston, Massachusetts
Community Food Security Coalition
Collective Roots, Palo Alto, California
Ecumenical Ministries of Portland
Nuestras Raices, Holyoke, Massachusetts
P-Patch Community Gardens, Seattle
The City Farms Program (Just Food), New York City
Local Projects:
Ventura County Swappers – these are local foodies who, with their passion for homegrown, home canned, home made goodies, gather to trade with each other.
Nopalito Native Plant Nursery - they not only offer native plants, but also veggies and gardening workshops.
The Abundant Table Farm Project/ Join the Farm – An organic farm and CSA in Oxnard that offers weekly produce boxes delivered to Community Roots Garden, fresh from the farm.
Email us if you have any projects or organizations you’d like to add to our website links!
