Statement of Solidarity
The Somerville Community Growing Center and its board, the Friends of the Community Growing Center (FCGC), stand in solidarity with the...
Open Hours are back!
We are excited––and grateful––to announce that the Growing Center is able to resume some limited Open Hours! This spring and summer, we...
May Fundraising Update and Another Matching Gift Challenge for June!
The Friends of the Community Growing Center's Fundraising Committee is delighted to report that as of May 31, our fundraising totals for...
Backyard Scavenger Hunt: Limerick Edition!
The first week that school was cancelled, my six year-old son, Danny, and I were hanging out in our yard one sunny morning with his two...
The Poetry Corner
We asked the poets who have been part of the Growing Center's Poetry in the Garden reading series for poems, either their own or by...
Gardening During a Pandemic
Lines at the store. Bare produce shelves. Empty frozen foods aisles. This is our reality now––or at least, it was for a few weeks. For...
Somerville Scavenger Hunt: Big Tree Edition!
Look up! See it? That tall, tall pine tree in someone’s front yard? (This one’s on Hamlet Street.) Somerville has lots of tall, tall pine...
S L O W Birding
Spring is here, birds are becoming more active. Looking and listening to birds is something most of us can do, from a porch, city street,...
Rainbows, Hearts, Critters, and More!
The day after St. Patrick's Day, while my three kids watched their morning cartoons during our first week of cancelled school, I was...
Support the Growing Center's work this April, and all season long!
For more than a quarter century, the Growing Center has been dedicated to engaging the full population of Somerville, with a focus on...
