Burbank Urban Garden

06/12/2026

Check it this great article featuring our awesome Urban Ag students, Program, Garden and Partners!
Thank you Abridged by PBS KVIE 🙏

Luther Burbank High School students in Sacramento are learning about agriculture through a program that teaches food production and farmwork.

06/08/2026

Wow, what a great way to end the school year!
In Urban Agriculture, we talk about Food Access, Food Sovereignty, Food Justice & Food Deserts. It’s not just about growing the food, but also how it’s distributed, who gets it/who doesn’t, why & what that means for different communities.
This year, under the guidance of our partners with the support o CDFA Office of Farm to Fork we focused in/ramped up garden production. As the school year wound down, and harvest time drew near, the 3rd year students explored produce distribution models and discussed what to do with the food we’d grown…sell it, how should we price it, what were our distro options + pros & cons..all the fun biz stuff. The students unanimously decided that given LBHS is in a low access area, and many students/families live in a ID’d “Food Desert” (Meadowview), that we should give the produce away free of charge as a way to reduce barriers and increase access…so that’s exactly what we did!
Wednesday afternoon, Using our newly painted farm stand (thank you class of ‘26 ) we rolled out 220 lbs of organic produce, grown, harvested, and packed by Urban Agriculture Academy Students, to the main parking lot at dismissal and in Less Than 20 Minutes all 220lbs were GONE!
Wednesday’s distribution went so quick, UA Interns had time to head back to the garden, harvest, wash, & pack another 120 lbs of produce for the next round .
Wednesday’s distribution went so quick, our Urban Ag Interns still had plenty of time in their work hours to head back to the garden and harvest, wash, and pack another 120 lbs of produce for the next distribution.
Friday, with the seniors gone (last day Thursday) duties fell to 2nd year Urban Agriculture students who stepped up to finish bunching, load up the farm stand, and roll out to center of campus for students and staff. 120 lbs, gone in 12 Minutes!
In the LBHS Urban Agriculture Academy we understand that is a Verb, it’s not just something we study, it’s something we Do.
These kids are doing it, growing knowledge, growing opportunity, growing futures, growing food…and serving their community.
We couldn’t be more

06/03/2026

Busy day around the BUG Today!
This afternoon our Urban Ag Interns and ag academy student volunteers harvested 214lbs of fresh produce from the garden under the guidance of our trusted farm advisors from Farmers Randy & Nicole!
Carrots, beets, radishes, Tokyo turnips, Dino Kale, collard greens, red Russian kale, lettuce, Bok Choy, chard and arugula all headed for our big, end of the year, FREE Farm Stand/Produce Giveaway happening TOMORROW (6/3) after school 3:21 til the produce is gone!
If you’re in the neighborhood stop by to say hi and grab some super fresh, organically grown produce from our amazing urban ag academy students and wish our seniors luck as they finish their last few days of high school!
Elsewhere in the garden, other academy students were finishing painting the farm stand display, Mr Ethan from another of our fantastic partners was interviewing candidates for this summers paid intern crew, and Mr McPherson was meeting with our site team to explore ways to sustainably expand our program and farm.
No slow days this time of the year!
Hope to see some you tomorrow after school at the Farm Stand!

03/31/2026

A huge Thank You to everyone who came out Saturday to support the students and the garden, you all helped make it our most a successful plant sale yet!
We wish you all a bountiful growing season and please feel free to update us on your garden progress tag us is garden pictures, we love to see where our plants end up!

03/28/2026

It’s Go time…follow the tractor from Florin road!
The students have done an amazing job with the setup and are here ready to help you!
Ask about our community member discounts!

03/27/2026

It’s almost Sale Day and we’ve been hard at work getting ready for you. The starts are looking great and very ready for their new home in Your garden!
Here is the final plant inventory list and we can’t wait to see you TOMORROW Morning here in the BUG!

03/25/2026

Come support us this Saturday March 28th at our annual spring plant sale! We will be selling plants from 9AM - 1PM at our Luther Burbank’s Urban Garden. We are so excited for our plants to find their homes within our community!🌱

03/21/2026

03/07/2026

🌱 🌻 3 weeks From Today! 🌻 🌱
We’ve been busy busy since the first weeks of January to make our annual Spring Plant Sale happen Before spring break as usual. Early Easter this year added a new challenge for us but the 3rd year Urban Ag Academy students really stepped up and everything is looking great!
We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday March 28th, from 9am to 1pm in the Burbank Urban Garden (BUG) located at the back of the Luther Burbank HS Campus.

🌱 More details and plant lists to come!

🌱 Please help us spread the word!