After lunch, they returned their tools back to the shed and found a mound of food ready for them to transport home. “This is too much!” said Skye, crouching down […]

Garden School How to Grow a Vegetable Garden Even Though You’ve Never Planted a Seed in Your Life Saturday, March 25 11 am to noon, $5 payable on-site 3310 N. […]

Food Forest Workshop—Saturday, March 18 Have you ever tasted a pawpaw, the native fruit with a flavor of mango-meets-banana custard? How about sweet, tiny kiwi berries? Or melt-in-your-mouth asian persimmons? […]

Garden School 2017! At CommonWealth, we are passionate about sharing our knowledge of gardening, and growing community. Learning how to grow our own food empowers us to make healthier food […]

Calling All Apprentices! Are you hungry to learn how to grow food sustainably? Do you have a secret dream to be an urban farmer? If so, we have an opportunity for […]

2016: Personal Glimpses CommonWealth Urban Farms…I’ve seen CommonWealth grow and change a lot, but still stay tuned to its original values. Despite the changes, each time I come back feels […]

Saturday is the final day for CSA members to collect vegetables, sharing in a bumper crop of sweet potatoes, plenty of greens, radishes, baby turnips, carrots, beets, bok choy, lettuces… […]

We Urge You to Vote No on SQ 777 CommonWealth’s mission is to build community around growing food together. SQ 777 is the antithesis of our efforts. Written by ALEC […]

Hoop Hoop Hooray!  Look at how far we’ve come building the Hoop House! Faithful volunteers and hoop house builder extraordinaire Steve Hill gathered for the second Saturday to put up the […]

Hoop House Build! Saturday Number One… The lovely rain stopped just in time for us to begin constructing our hoop house last Saturday. Holes are dug, leveled & squared, posts […]