Bay-Eagle Community Garden

Belle and I stumbled upon this garden during a recent walk. We paused at the fence to get a closer look and were allowed in by someone tending to it. Belle cared nothing for the gardens because she is only four months old. I, on the other hand, tasted edible purple flowers that tasted remarkably like cucumber. I was also given a generous amount of goodies to take home: lemon balm, mint, tree kale, spicy mustard greens, etc. Good thing I had already emptied my thermos of tea along the way. It proved the perfect method of transporting my greens back home, where I promptly sauteed the kale!

My friend has a plot here and everyone seems really nice, they are organized and share a great community spirit. I ate veggies out of that garden all last summer and have fresh flowers by my bed.

I have just begun to garden here.
It is a wonderful place. So many different kinds of gardening interests!!!
I have met some very nice people. All have been most welcoming.

Excellent idea. Good layout. Great location.
~~VS~~
Crappy people. Horrible wa. Evil racism. Incredibly inept ‘management’.
If you MUST have a garden and can drive by regularly to see whether there’s nobody there (and is therefore safe), please go right ahead. But folks who have even the teeny tiniest of problems with:
passive aggression
snide comments
derision
Junior-​high racism
infighting
political backstabbing
…you might want to go elsewhere. The pettiness and power-​wielding starts at the top of the volunteer structure, so don’t expect it to change unless there’s a major overhaul.
The redeeming star should rightly go to the folks who make this possible: the Housing Authority of the City of Alameda and Alameda Power and Telecom, providing the land and the water to a good idea. Thanks for the idealism, I’m sure someone will redeem your vision someday.
Edit to the other reviewer: when someone tells you to your face «well we can’t expect more of your neighbor, you can tell he’s just not going to fit in. You know those n******!» then you know there’s a problem. Especially when that person is a member of the board.