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Trellis and sign stand at the entrance to the Urban Community Gardening class plot at the Lakeside Park Garden Center in Oakland, CA., on September 23, 2025. 

Merritt College urban garden class sows “practical skills”

Every Tuesday morning, Tom Branca and his students gather far from Merritt College’s campus in the Oakland hills to the heart of Lake Merritt.
Eliot Faine, Multimedia Editor October 6, 2025
The class works on a slightly different schedule than the Peralta Community College District’s semester system. According to Branca, students take a break around the December holidays, and resume their work before the semester officially starts in January or beyond when it ends in May.

Let our garden grow

admin December 8, 2016

The Laney Garden, located near Eagle Village and the Laney Bistro, is a hidden gem on campus. The garden creates an oasis-like environment, but it is so much more.The Oakland branch of the International...

What the garden is really about

admin May 5, 2016

This is not about us versus them; this is not about Library versus Garden because we deserve both! This is about Laney’s and the Peralta Colleges’ integrity. This is about educating and supporting...

Up Rooted

admin May 5, 2016

Perlata administration proposes false dilemma in plan to raze garden on Laney campus to construct new buildings; communities rallies for alternatives. I am really, truly angry, saddened and disgusted,”...

A garden one can eat

admin May 1, 2015

The “Mindful Garden Collective” is considered by some students to be a meditation space as well as a garden. The garden is located in the estuary adjacent to the Laney College sports facilities....

Local community garden grows ‘green bonds’

admin September 13, 2013

A joyous potluck took place on the Laney College campus over Labor Day weekend, but it wasn’t because the 2013–2014 school year had begun. It was in celebration of the first ever harvest of the garden...

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