MORAGA, Calif. Fifty years on, the Moraga Garden Center plans to close its doors Oct. 31 after its owner Kenneth Kenny Murakami announced his retirement earlier this year. The nursery, a beloved institution for Moraga community gardeners, sells hard to find plants. Murakami said his father, Nadao Bob Murakami, started the nursery in 1971. […]
Community laments the pending closure of the Moraga Garden Center
October 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Feed the Soil: Former news anchor Wendy Tokuda’s passion for restorative agriculture
April 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
OAKLAND, Calif. — If not for the concrete driveway leading up to her house, one might mistake Wendy Tokuda’s garden as part of the native Oakland, Calif. landscape. It’s a quiet community of coyote brush, Ceanothus, coffeeberry and flowering currants beneath stands of Redwoods and bay laurels. Monkeyflowers nod and drifts of poppies move with […]
Oregon prison’s healing garden offers renewed perspective
January 1, 2020 by Leave a Comment
In 2014, Johnny Cofer, who is incarcerated at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, Ore. told the institution’s activities director, Patrice Lans, he would love to see a Japanese garden and koi pond outside in the yard of the facility. At the Oregon State Penitentiary, there is an activities department, consisting of 11 clubs, one […]
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