JSUSD Community and School Gardens

09/29/2025

06/01/2024

04/26/2024

Clean-up at Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC) tomorrow, 4/27/2024 10-1pm. Enjoy the beautiful weather, bring gloves if you have them, wear long sleeves and bring a hat, it may be sunny.

04/22/2024

This garden was started nearly ten years ago by then Principal Steve and John with the assistance of a few others. Since then it has been restarted a few times. It is amazing to see it being used by different programs at Rodeo Hills Elementary 💚

04/08/2024

Here are some pictures of our students in the CMS garden with some of the volunteers from CREEC, CCRD and our instructor from New Leaf Collaborative paid for by P66. Spring planting with volunteers from P66 coming this Wednesday 12:30 - 3:00 pm. If you get a chance stop by and see the progress behind the mysterious green fence.

11/19/2023

We had a very successful day planting yesterday. Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC), Contra Costa Resource Conservation District and some local residents turned out! With these two public planting days, along with all of the plantings done by the students and New Leaf Collaborative, great progress has been made. We began planting the dinosaur garden. The succulents are almost done. We worked on the herbs and began planning the orchard. It's such a joy to contribute to a community resource that will be here for generations. The fencing will be up until the garden becomes established. Thanks to all of the aforementioned groups with special thanks to P66 for funding the work with the students and New Leaf Collaborative.

10/27/2023

Our first official planting day is here! Join Carquinez Regional Environmental Education Center (CREEC) November 5 from 10AM - 2PM to begin planting the community garden.

We need volunteers, everyone is welcome to attend and volunteer.

Please PM us if you plan on attending so that we can provide snacks and drinks and understand the magnitude of planting we can do on this day.

We will announce 2 other days soon.

You can come for just part of this time or spend the whole time with us.

The location is Carquinez Middle School, in Crockett. The garden is adjacent to the school parking lot.

Please bring your personal gardening tools, but we will have some on hand.

09/27/2023

The pathways, irrigation and seating areas are in, the planting will begin soon, so excited!