Vallejo Project

09/02/2026

🌱 Family Farm First Five is back!

Our next six-week Family Farm First Five cohort begins Saturday, September 5, from 9:00–10:00 AM at Unity Garden.

Families will spend time learning, growing, exploring, and connecting with nature together. This is the first of seven six-week cohorts we’ll be offering at Unity Garden this year.

✨ Only 2 spaces remain!

Interested in joining us? Contact:

Adjoa — [email protected]
Cristen Brown (Eliyah Amen) — [email protected]

Come grow with us! 🌿

08/26/2026

With California State University Maritime Academy - Cal Maritime – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

08/23/2026

A Family Garden Challenge
🌱 FAMILY GARDEN CHALLENGE!
This week, find something growing near you.
It could be:
🌿 A plant
🌸 A flower
🍅 A vegetable
🌳 A tree
🌱 A tiny w**d growing through the sidewalk
Ask your child:
What do you notice?
Then look closely together.
What color is it?
Is it soft or rough?
Does it have a smell?
Can you find an insect nearby?
You don’t need a lesson plan to help a young child learn about nature.
Sometimes all you need is a few minutes, a little curiosity, and someone willing to look closely with them.
We’ll be doing plenty of exploring at Unity Garden this season.

08/20/2026

Meet the Garden Animals
🐐🐔 Our youngest gardeners have some pretty great coworkers.
At Unity Garden, children can get up close with some of our friendly farm animals.
🐐 Goats
🐔 Chickens
🦋 Butterflies and other garden visitors
For young children, interacting with animals can create opportunities to practice gentle touch, observation, communication, responsibility, and empathy.
And let’s be honest—sometimes the animals are the reason children want to come back!
Come explore Unity Garden with us.
Free family programming for caregivers and children ages 0–5.
📍 2160 Sacramento Street, Vallejo

08/19/2026

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Vallejo Project: Transforming Futures Through Mindfulness and Self ...

08/18/2026

Nature Is the Classroom
🦋 What can a child learn in a garden? Almost anything.
A butterfly can become a science lesson.
A seed can become a lesson in patience.
A vegetable can become a conversation about nutrition.
A goat can become an unforgettable memory.
A garden can become a place to practice language, counting, observation, problem-solving, responsibility, and connection.
That’s why we’re creating opportunities for Vallejo’s youngest learners and their caregivers to explore nature together.
🌻 Unity Garden Family Program
👶🏾 Children ages 0–5
👨‍👩‍👧 Caregivers welcome
📍 2160 Sacramento Street, Vallejo
💚 Free to participating families
Come see what can grow when families learn together.

08/17/2026

Take-Home Kits
🌱 The learning doesn’t have to stop when you leave the garden.
Families participating in the Unity Garden Family Program will receive take-home gardening and learning materials to continue exploring together at home.
Families can look forward to resources such as:
🌱 Garden starter materials
📚 Age-appropriate books
🎨 Art and creative activities
💡 Bilingual family activity tips
🥕 Opportunities to grow and explore food together
Our goal is simple:
Make it easier for families to bring the garden home.
Because a small garden, a shared book, or a simple activity can become a meaningful learning experience for a young child.
Join us at Unity Garden!

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08/16/2026

Fresh Food
🥕 From garden to table.
What happens when children can see where their food comes from?
A carrot isn’t just something on a plate.
It’s a seed.
It’s soil.
It’s water.
It’s sunshine.
It’s patience.
And eventually, it’s something they can pick and taste.
Through the Unity Garden Family Program, families will have opportunities to grow, harvest, and take home fresh produce while building knowledge and confidence around healthy foods.
We want families to leave with more than vegetables.
We want them to leave thinking:
“We can grow some of this at home, too.”
🌱 Free family gardening program
👶🏾 For children ages 0–5 and their caregivers
📍 Unity Garden, 2160 Sacramento Street

08/13/2026

The garden is a place to grow relationships, too.
Our Unity Garden Family Program isn’t just about vegetables.
It’s about a caregiver and child planting something together.
It’s about discovering a worm together.
It’s about picking the first tomato.
It’s about sitting outside, talking, laughing, and learning.
These simple shared experiences help create opportunities for caregiver–child connection while introducing young children to nature, food, and healthy habits.
🌱 Come grow with us.
The Unity Garden Family Program is free for caregivers and children ages 0–5.
📍 2160 Sacramento Street, Vallejo

08/13/2026