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- We periodically provide free compost for all gardeners to use for their plots (while supplies last).
- We provide free compost for all gardeners to use for their plots.
- Gill Tract Farm offers free compost on Sunday's from 12-4pm.
- The Berkeley Marina has free compost for Berkeley residents on the last Saturday of the month.
- American Soil & Stone: https://www.americansoil.com/soils.html
- We provide free straw (hay) for all gardeners to use for their plots. It's stored behind the tool shed.
- Gardeners have reported they have picked up straw (hay) bales at the horse stables from Golden Gates Fields.
- Ecology Center: ecologycenter.org/basil/
- Grow Organic: www.groworganic.com/
- Johnny's Selected Seeds: www.johnnyseeds.com
- Seed chart: https://ecologycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/seed_chart.pdf
- Guide to planting times and companion planting in the East Bay: https://ecologycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/planting-times.pdf
- Guide to environmentally friendly gardening: http://www.gtftreecare.co.uk/environmentally-friendly-gardening/
- Westbrae Nursery - 1272 Gilman St, Berkeley, CA 94706
- Berkeley Horticultural Nursery - 1310 McGee Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703
- Oaktown Nursery - 702 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94710