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

You can "dig in" at the Demonstration Garden every Thursday on Volunteer Day! We have volunteer parties on selected Saturdays, too. If you are interested please contact our knowledgeable gardening teacher, friend and fabulous Garden Manager Drew Harwell at drewharwell@yahoo.com.

We need and welcome financial sponsorship for the Demonstration Garden. If you are able to participate in this way please call Patricia Becker: 650-493-6072.

The garden is at Palo Alto Christian Reform Church on Arasteradero Road about one mile south of Common Ground.

The teaching and demonstration garden project of the Common Ground Garden Supply and Education Center in Palo Alto received a grant of $1250 from Rockwell Collins. A record number of grants were awarded as part of the 2008 Rockwell Collins Green Communities Program. Started in 2004, Green Communities has helped fund numerous projects that have benefited the environment in locations where Rockwell Collins operates.

This is the second year that the garden project has received a grant from the Green Communities Program. Only projects conducted or sponsored by qualified non-profit organizations were eligible. The following criteria were used in making project selections: 1) tangible environmental benefits of the project; 2) sustainability of the project benefits; 3) participation in the project by Rockwell Collins employees; and, 4) completion of the project within the calendar year of the grant award.