Grand Lake Splash Pad: Come help on April 22 workday
Blog entry by Ken Katz.
Last updated at Mon, 23 Apr at 7:58am.

Are you reading the Grand Lake Splash Pad?  Here's an excerpt from the April 4, 2012 issue--click here to read the whole thing.

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Planning for urban farming - Oakland holds public brainstorming
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Sun, 31 Jul at 11:31pm.

"Urban farmers should pay a nominal yearly fee, perhaps $100 per participating farm, to fund animal husbandry inspections."

This was one of the many ideas submitted at Thursday night’s city of Oakland urban farming community meeting.

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Saturday and Sunday Plant Sales with People's Grocery
Blog entry by People's Grocery.
Last updated at Fri, 22 Apr at 4:07pm.

You can support our California Hotel Urban Farm Project by buying some plant starts the weekend of April 23 and April 24th.  

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Lakeshore Neighborhood Plant Exchange celebrates eighth anniversary this Saturday - March 26
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 29 Mar at 7:22am.

by Meg Bertoni

The Lakeshore Neighborhood Plant Exchange is all about free botanical fun.

For the last seven years, neighbors and folks traveling from as far away as Marin County have enjoyed this greenest of swaps and this year, the group expects more than 500 people.

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11 for 11: Christopher Shein makes permaculture gardening fun for all
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Fri, 14 Jan at 12:33pm.

(Editor's note: Our continuing series that looks at Oakland Local's picks for people/organizations to watch in 2011. See all profiles in this series.)

Christoper Shein is the Bay Area's resident permaculture design guru and for the last 10 years, he has taught the Permaculture Design class at Merritt Community College’s Landscape Horticulture Department, inspiring hundreds of students to build new gardens and integrate permaculture's principles of sustainability into surrounding landscapes.

Shein just signed a contract with Timber Press to write a permaculture gardening book in 2011, with the working title of "The Edible Gardener's Guide to Permaculture."

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Wildheart Gardens Fall 2010 Internship Program - now taking applications!
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sat, 18 Sep at 8:41pm.

From our permi friend and amazing talent Christopher Shein:

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How do you save seeds? Rebecca Newburn shows how in fun, easy classes
Article by Sara Knight.
Last updated at Tue, 7 Sep at 7:25am.

“People have been saving seeds for 12,000 years,” said Rebecca Newburn, kicking off the Seed Saving 101 class in Richmond earlier this week. “Now we’re starting to come back around to learning this skill again in local communities.”

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Heal This: Tellur Fenner teaches how to use healing herbs you can grow yourself
Article by Jess Watson.
Last updated at Tue, 3 Aug at 6:34am.

Tellur Fenner has a dilemma: He's passionate about helping people take control of their own health by collecting and preparing medicinal plants, but he worries that the recent popularity of wild foods may lead to local over-harvesting.  As an Oakland-based herbalist who founded Blue Wind Botanical Clinic, the worry is at the center o

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