Volunteers Needed To Help Beautify San Mateo Community Garden

SAN MATEO, CA — Volunteers are welcome to come out and lend a hand Friday to help revitalize the community garden and orchard at the San Mateo Adult & Career Education Center. The center helps people from diverse backgrounds develop the skills they need to succeed academically, professionally, and as community members.

The project is being led in partnership with Each Green Corner at Tito's Handmake Vodka's Block to Block program.

The space was initially designed to offer space for participants at the center to grow food for themselves and their families while selling extra produce to raise funds for the program. According to the nonprofit, the existing garden and orchard are several years old and have fallen into disrepair. As a result, usage has waned and the garden beds are overdue for some TLC.

Volunteers will help restore the grounds, plant new trees, build new garden beds and a compost system. Organizers will serve up free lunch as soon as the work is complete.

Community Garden Restoration

• Date: Friday, Oct. 27, 2023
• Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
• Location: San Mateo Adult School (789 E Poplar Avenue, San Mateo)
• Sign up to volunteer online and learn more about getting involved.