X
Urban Plantations is now...
Same ownership and expert team, updated name!
We look forward to serving you as California Farm and Garden.
Same ownership and expert team, updated name!
We look forward to serving you as California Farm and Garden.
Mat, our Co-President, and his amazing little daughter. | There is nothing more beautiful than spending time with our children in green spaces, passing on knowledge of the land, how to grow fresh food, and to take care of this planet. Happy Fathers' Day to dads of all types, those here, in our memories, and those who wish to be.
We dream of living in a world where #organicproduce is grown in all types of urban settings, personal kitchen gardens, small farms serving small communities, window ledge herbs, rooftop veggie patches, even high-rise allotments (which are so exhilarating for us to build!). A food system by the people for the people. 💪
Ok, serious #summertime craving 👉 Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches. When the wait is toooo long, pluck a few and fry them up, slather mayo onto toasted #sourdoughbread, add a slice of cheese and a few #pickledjalapenos, and eat over the kitchen sink. (Messy sandwich pro speaking here.) I'm lookin' at you, Sunday.
During the #summertime, our corporate farms boast ...
Jun 11
During the #summertime, our corporate farms boast pounds and pounds of #organicproduce as our #farmteam fills these huge kitchen prep tubs headed straight into #corporaterestaurant lunches. If you're like us, then you know there's nothing sweeter than eating right out of the garden. #itdoesn'tgetmorelocalthanthis
Summertime = #belliniseason 🍑 🍑 🍑 Who's ready?
We're nearing the end of #CaliforniaPoppy season as petals drop and seed pods burst open to start anew. How lucky are we to witness this beauty? Who's growing these orange beauties at home? 👋
Nasturtiums are delicious (and spicy!) #edibleflowers that self-seed. Add the blossoms to salads, pickle their seeds, wrap sashimi in #nasturtiumleaves, but whatever you do, keep them in containers. These gorgeous plants are considered invasive in temperate climates like Southern California where they easily #overwinter. Their vines take over hillsides and can make it difficult for #californianativeplants to thrive. So we recommend them for your #containergarden and #raisedbedgarden only! 👈
In this dreamy #workplacefarm there is no time for...
May 23
In this dreamy #workplacefarm there is no time for #sundayscaries. Imagine taking your next meeting under a swaying canopy of #grapevines adjacent to a teeming #butterflygarden 🦋
Interplanting marigolds with your summertime #pepperplants isn’t just a pretty idea. Bonuses include:⠀
⠀
Attracting beneficial insects to your #gardenbeds 🐞 ⠀
Bringing the bees to the yard for #pollination 🐝 ⠀
Potentially inhibiting the spread of #nematodes 👾 ⠀
⠀
They’re ALSO pretty, let’s not take that away from them. Plus, they easily re-seed for blooms all season long!
Summer’s comin’ and cool weather crops are a wrap! What should we fill these beds with next? Don’t you think it’s time for your very own home #kitchengarden? Built for:⠀
⠀
🌱 Your Unique Space⠀⠀
🌱 Your #Organic #Fruit and #Veggie Preferences⠀⠀
🌱 Your #Sustainability Goals⠀⠀
⠀⠀
Learn more at the link in bio, and tell us what you’d like in your #backyardgarden below! ⬇️
#Organicorchardcare is so much more than providing...
May 14
#Organicorchardcare is so much more than providing an occasional haircut. Ensuring your soil is nutrient rich, bark and branches are pest-free, and your #fruittrees are covered in fountains of #springblossoms is a science! Who's ready for lemonade, lemon leaf tea, lemon bars, lemon curd, lemon zest on everything, lemonade popsicles... 👋
From one of our Point Loma #residentialgarden clients: "My harvest yesterday! Thank you California Farm and Garden for getting me started!" 😍 Not too bad for a May haul! 👏
This gorgeous bed of heirloom corn and climbing ...
May 6
This gorgeous bed of heirloom corn and climbing beans was brought to you by Farmer Jazz at #CFG last summer. Succession planting both of these #warmweathercrops every two weeks will keep you in cobs for grilling, beans for sautées, and summer salads throughout what we believe will be #thebestsummerever!
Raise your hand if you've got tomatoes in the ground! 🍅 👋 If you're new to planting, these tips will encourage strong root systems and a focus on green growth prior to #fruitset: 1. Remove the bottom third of the plant's foliage and sink deep enough into the soil that the area is covered - tomato plants will grow roots from any area submerged! 2. Remove any existing buds at planting time. Voila! #somanytomatoes
Heading into the weekend like #femalefarmers 🔥🔥 Two members of our #urbanfarmer management team cooling off after another #gardeninstallation. When you're #femaleowned and #femalead you #breakthatground and #growthatfood 💪 🍉
Hey there, pretty! These gorgeous bursts of sunshine open up wide, first thing in the morning, begging for bees and butterflies to stop on by and spread pollen. We're planting #summersquash in our #ediblegardens any day now, and soon we'll be up to our eyelashes in squash to grill + sauté + roast + stuff + pickle + oh sorry, I've gotten carried away... 🌼 🐝
“I recently purchased a beautiful home with a gorgeous garden and my goal was not to kill it. California Farm and Garden came along, strategized with us on our goals, planted a fall garden with us and now we get to watch it grow. I highly encourage anyone wanting to grow (no pun intended) a place of peace and beauty to give California Farm and Garden a call. They’re amazing.”
“We are SO thrilled with the patio… thank you for making such a beautiful space. A couple of days ago one of the residents that ‘can’t’ stand up in the bathroom was standing up ALONE at the planter with the hand rail.”
“When I contemplated creating an organic garden for one of our properties my first stop was California Farm and Garden. It’s one thing to hire someone to select and install plants and grow them. It’s yet another experience to comprehensively collaborate with someone who has the passion, vision and the solid expertise to create and tend to something remarkable. That experience is what I had with Karen Contreras and all her team at California Farm and Garden”.
“I have worked with California Farm and Garden for the past couple years and not only do they provide awesome produce and knowledgeable Garden Tech’s, they provide a beautiful environment that helps me get through my day to day.”
“Laura and the California Farm and Garden Team are amazing. Quick response to problems as they arise. When they leave, it is as if they have never been because the area is clean. Great patience to help a very novice gardener learn the correct practices needed for the best harvest! Thank you.”
“All I can say is ‘I love it’. I would recommend California Farm and Garden to everyone. Thank you so much!”
