24 Apr 2013
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Meet our Garden Volunteers

LA Plaza celebrates National Volunteer Week

What better way to celebrate National Volunteer Week than to showcase dedicated members of LA Plaza’s volunteer team! This week, keep connected to read profiles of our team members and their contribution to our mission.
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Marsha & Georgia help children assemble garden pots.

Arlene assists students in hands-on workshops.

22 Apr 2013
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Meet Mary: Volunteer Member

LA Plaza celebrates National Volunteer Week

What better way to celebrate National Volunteer Week than to showcase dedicated members of LA Plaza’s volunteer team! This week, keep connected to read profiles of our team members and their contribution to our mission.

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Mary poses with Jewel, LA Plaza’s Senior Management Officer.

Mary works away in LA Plaza’s Finance Department.

06 Feb 2013
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¡Sano y Sabroso!

A Healthy Kale Recipe from Chef Roberto!

Today, LA Plaza is pleased to share a healthy and delicious kale recipe from personal chef Roberto Martin.

While strolling through LA Plaza's Edible Teaching Garden you will find an abundant variety of kale. The...

29 Jan 2013
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Volunteers in Training!

LA Plaza’s volunteer team prepares for a new year!

Did you know that at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes each member of our volunteer team holds the title of Engagement Guide? Engagement is the central focus of our educational mission because we believe that it is important to guide...

Volunteers discuss touring techniques with LA Plaza’s Chief Curator.

Volunteers explore the Edible Teaching Garden with LA Plaza’s Garden Teacher.

Volunteers ended the day with a game of Jeopardy. The winning team celebrates their victory!

27 Nov 2012
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My Future Starts Here!

Reflections from Education Intern Rebecca Raya

Two weeks ago, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes said farewell to its Education Intern Rebecca Raya. Rebecca first came on board as a volunteer helping LA Plaza on its grand opening day in 2011 and has since then helped with numerous projects...

LA Plaza Intern, Rebecca Raya, poses in Calle Principal.

Rebecca Raya (second to right) poses with fellow LA Plaza volunteers and interns after greeting nearly 180 students!

19 Nov 2012
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Students Share their Reflections!

Student Fieldtrips at LA Plaza!

Since the launch of LA Plaza’s Edible Teaching Garden and Culinary Arts program, funded by The PepsiCo Foundation, thousands of students have participated in hands-on workshops.

School groups have the unique opportunity to learn garden and...

Making healthy and delicious fruit cups!

Participating in hands-on culinary workshops!

Learning about plants in the Edible Teaching Garden!

Hands-on activities in the Edible Teaching Garden.

15 Nov 2012
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¡Jueves en el Jardín!

See what’s growing in the Edible Teaching Garden every Thursday!

Cool Weather Vegetables

The weather outside is typical of fall in Los Angeles: overcast, with chilly nights followed by early morning dew. Because the arc of the sun is lower in the sky, the trees cast long...

25 Oct 2012
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¡Jueves en el Jardín!

See what’s growing in the Edible Teaching Garden every Thursday!

Contain Yourself!

Here at LA Plaza’s Edible Teaching Garden, we are constantly on the lookout for creative and sustainable pots for our plants. We rarely buy new pots. Instead, the focus is on reuse...

An old child’s rain boot hosts speckled lettuce.

Two cut water bottles serve as containers for fall greens.

A pile of used (and reusable) pots discarded by a landscaper. These can usually be had for the taking.

An olive oil can housing a strawberry plant.

25 Oct 2012
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¡Adelante Mujeres!

An Altar Tribute Honoring and Celebrating Women

This past weekend, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes launched its Day of the Dead celebrations with a special altar tribute to women. This event spearheaded by community activist, Sandra Romero, brought together female community activists,...

LA Plaza volunteer, Deisy Pérez, poses with labor rights leader, Dolores Huerta.

LA Plaza volunteer, Deisy Pérez, poses with inspirational women in her life, her Grandmother and sister.

24 Oct 2012
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¡Sano y Sabroso!

Healthy and Delicious Insights from the Culinary Arts Program

Día de Los Muertos

Traditionally a pre-Columbian celebration, Día de Los Muertos has survived the conquest and centuries of political and religious upheaval to continue to be celebrated in...

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22 May 2012
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LA Plazas Newest Raised Herb Garden!

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Tue, 2012-05-22

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LA Plaza celebrated Physical Fitness Month by exploring alternative ways of physical fitness through gardening. Along with LA Plaza staff, visitors and volunteers worked together to create a new garden bed from locally-available materials.

Often seen as a physically overbearing and timely task, creating own beautiful garden only takes a matter of a few hours. Put on your garden hat and get started today!

Here are some tips on designing a raised garden bed:

1. Pick a sunny spot. Lay down cardboard.
2. Trace outline of bed on cardboard.
3. Lay down stones, bricks, or whatever you want to use.
4. Layer the stones, bricks, etc. to 2-3 feet.
5. Fill with soil and or compost.
6. Plant your favorite plants.
7. Mulch around your plants. *Mulch is straw, newspaper, woodchips etc.

Check back for more gardening tips and workshops at LA Plaza. And don’t forget to visit LA Plaza and see the newest addition to our Edible Teaching Garden!