• hands-on classes and events in organic gardening and sustainable lifestyles
• seeds and plant starts - hundreds of edible, medicinal, native and ornamental varieties
• organic composts, fertilizers and mulches - a broad selection
• tools and natural disease and pest control products - the highest quality
• books, magazines, cards, and gift items
• volunteer opportunities and new friends.

View two informative videos about Common Ground:

• Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center
  • Patricia Becker, Common Ground Center Director
• Some of the Thinking Behind the Common Ground Approach to Organic Gardening
  • Bob Niederman, Common Ground Steering Committee
  • Drew Harwell, Common Ground Demonstration Garden Manager

Thank you to Luke Seerveld of Seerveld Media for his professional video production services!

Common Ground Garden Center's motto is "Creating Abundance in Community," and our vision is to promote edible gardens in neighborhoods throughout the San Francisco Mid-Peninsula. The Common Ground Demonstration Garden is a model for this vision and for you to learn the best ways to get started or continue gardening in your neighborhood.

Classes are held at the garden on GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farming, Permaculture, Drip Irrigation, California Native Plants, Seasonal Vegetable Gardening and more. The core of the garden is a 14-bed GROW BIOINTENSIVE Mini-Farm area. There is also a home demonstration area surrounding a cedar-wood shed, that will soon include three vegetable beds, native plants, herbs, and different examples of composting.

A total of 17 beds are planted with unique crops including glorious grains and root crops: tomatoes, potatoes, amaranth, wheat, parsnips, oats, corn, Jerusalem artichokes, alfalfa, millet, and bush beans. Expect to soon see five apple and two pomegranate trees along with two old apricot trees that are a legacy of the former orchard.

Thursday is Volunteer Day in the Garden. There is a splendid core group of volunteers who enjoy welcoming new volunteers. If interested please inquire with Drew Harwell, the Garden Manager, at drewharwell@yahoo.com or when you are in shopping at Common Ground. Your tax-deductible donations are needed and appreciated to see the garden grow. Please contribute what you can at the Common Ground website or in person!