Thank you to UC Berkeley's landscape team
Our Soil, Ourselves: How Your Health Connects to Soil
Recording available
Past Event: Be Well in the Garden
Tue, June 14, 2022
11:30am-1:30pm
Staff Garden
Gather in the staff garden with your colleagues to explore our community garden. Take a grounding stretch break, watch a simple cooking demo using ingredients from the garden (and taste the recipe!), and learn about ergonomics in the context of gardening. Registration is required to be entered into the raffle, but feel free to drop in without registering. Show up anytime within the 11:30am-1:30pm time frame, but our programming will take place between 12-1pm. Help us go green by bringing your own water bottle.
Visit the tables of our wonderful partners:
About the Garden
What We Planted
The staff garden includes herbs, vegetables, native Californian plants, as well as plants used by the Ohlone.
Where is the Garden?
The staff community garden is located outside of Li Ka Shing, Mulford, Morgan and Genetics & Plant Biology.
Edible Herbs
The garden includes rosemary, parsley, basil, oregano, and thyme. Using herbs in cooking is a great way to add a boost of flavor and beneficial polyphenols!
- Growing Herbs handouts
- Featured Cook Well Berkeley recipes
Gardening Ergonomics
- Ergonomics_Tips_for_Gardening_at_Home: A quick, easy quide for safe and fun home gardening
- Warm Up to Garden: Get the muscles moving and take care of the body
- Stetches for the Home Gardener: Safe and effective stretches for the weekend warrior
- Mind Your Posture: Learn how to move safely in the garden
- Tips for Healthy Gardening: Pro tips on how work effeciently in the garden
Mindfulness
- What is Mindfulness - Greater Good Magazine
- The Healing Power of Gardening by Oliver Sacks, Neurologist and Author