Came to this garden today to learn about bees! They have a monthly beekeeping class that is open to…read morethe public and a great way to get educated about bees, so you don't have to be afraid. Informational and free! Parking available on the streets but rather tight and limited.

It was fun to see a community garden in action and get healthy plants at a reasonable price.read more

4/9/23 After the Easter egg hunt with my family in Diamond Bar, my day wouldn't be complete w/o a…read morevisit to the Lakewood Community garden. I just love visiting the garden to see what's growing. Living vicariously through others is exhilarating w/o the hard work-hahaha. Actually, there's nothing like harvesting & reaping what you've sowed. Check out the wonderful photos from today! Met the wonderful neighbors, Tina, a native of China, who speaks both Mandarin& Cantonese, and another neighbor, Bob, who was helping Tina pick some peas. Such lovely people:)) Another fabulous day, on Easter Sunday. Let the weekdays be short to see next weekend's activities:)) Woohoo \(*0*)/

Lovely! Work Hard. Grow your own. Eat organic. Repeat…read more I have a plot here and garden with my husband and kids on the weekends. It's $12/year for the plot "rental" fee and you get free water, manure, and advice from other gardeners. This is an awesome way for us to not only stretch our budget (by growing our own food), teach our kiddos that food doesn't have to come from the grocery store, and meet new people in our own community. ...all for $1 a month and a couple of hours a week..... That's a deal that I can't beat!! BTW - You can only garden here if you are a Lakewood resident and the wait list is between 6 months and 1 year long, but so worth it!

This is my first time visiting the Long Beach Rescue Mission where they serve daily free meals. My…read moreoverall experience is MEDIOCRE. The food I ate there was MEDIOCRE. Here is the PROS, the facility itself is generally clean & decent. The building is air-conditioned. Here are the CONS, I don't like the idea of servers putting food on the table in advance & the food gets cold. I thought we're suppose to form a line so they can serve food right on our plates. Too bad they don't allow seconds after my first plate. It depends on how many people there.

Best rescue mission is the country Attention to unhoused…read moreindividuals is amazing and consistent.

Probably one of the best services I've ever gotten.. I've…read moreonly been tested twice but Otis made me feel so comfortable and at home. Such a gentle great guy that I wish I had the pleasure of knowing better. I recommend him for anyone. Thank you so much once again, Otis! And feel free to hit me up regardless of results.

I went to take my disabled daughter for an art class and everything was going fine with the…read morereceptionist. Polite and helpful. At that time the supposed artist that was going to teach the class was there. And to our surprise this old man saw us and was asking for vaccines for Covid. This information wasn't on the website and my daughter was never informed of this. To us what it seemed like was that this white old man is a racist. Even the receptionist didn't know what to say. She was as surprise as we were. Hopefully you get rid off this "man" because in our community we already go through so much outside that we don't need a person inside a place where your supposed to feel safe to be who you are. I am very disappointed.

Community Medical Wellness Centers, USA has worked with the Food Bank of Southern CA (FBSCA) for…read moreover a year now. FBSCA is an excellent agency to collaborate with, staff are attentive and efficient workers. FBSCA is dedicated and has shown effort to provide healthy, nutritious food to the community.

Why I support the Foodbank of Southern California:…read more Year after year, this food-bank maintains the highest volume of distributed food per dollar of operating expense, while maintaining the smallest full-time staff of any metropolitan food-bank in the United States. That pretty well defines financial integrity for a charity. If you can give a little, give a little. If you can give a lot, give a lot. https://www.foodbankofsocal.org/about-us/our-difference/

The congregation of Grace UMC is small but loving and mighty. I have attended several of their…read moreSunday services over the last 7 years, and have been welcomed with open arms. They have no shortage of activities in which a person could get involved. If someone is looking for a home church that is welcoming to all, even your pets, this is the place that I highly recommend.

I recently held my partner's funeral service here even though we weren't members of the church…read more Pastor Dan was very compassionate, helpful and welcoming and a pleasure to work with. The sanctuary was an attractive and peaceful to remember my loved one. They were there to help with all the technical things like the photo slide show and microphones. We had a very nice repast in the social space next to the gym which had a commercial sized kitchen for the caterers to use. The premises were clean and well-stocked and I was able to hire Norma their custodial person to help with the clean up afterwards. Thank you everyone at Grace for making this difficult time a little easier.

I have to say this could be as beautiful a park as I remember it years ago although when we visited…read morethis time, it was horrible. Especially the pond area, while we went to feed the ducks we could not even stay that long because there was crap everywhere the water was literally brown, it smelled terrible. It was very disappointing.

Here it is! I've seen it listed in community education classes - nice to finally find it. Small…read morebuilding - I would say occupancy would be 20 people. Bonus; hopscotch squares right outside.

I passed by this community garden when I was walking down Abbot Kinney. Luck was on my side when I…read moresaw two ladies tending to their respective gardens. Having two people inside meant that the gate was unlocked so with their permission I went inside. I walked around and saw so many flowering plants in many varieties and various colors. They all look so pretty. Each plot had their own unique characteristics. Others even have trellis, arbors, and furnitures. I could sit here all day surrounded by these beautiful flowers. Even though I loved this place so much I took off a star cuz I was hoping to see more vegetables in the garden. I only saw a few of them.

There are now 3 Community Gardens locations in SaMo: The…read moreoriginal Main Street location, with 65 plots, between Strand & Hollister. The Park Drive location, with 38 plots, between Santa Monica Blvd. & Broadway. The newest location and the smallest, Euclid park, with 10 plots, on Euclid between Broadway & Colorado. I already reviewed the Main Street location, and last weekend I discovered the Park Drive gardens on a perfect autumn day. It's divided into two sections, with a pocket park in the middle. The north section was open, so I walked through with my camera. A couple with a child were in the process of picking some of their veggies, the autumn harvest. They offered me, a stranger, one of their beautiful eggplants! How sweet, made my day. Although the Main Street gardens are almost twice the size of Park Drive, I kinda liked Park Drive even better. The pocket park contains big shade trees, and the space defines the term "urban oasis". My parents always had a garden, In Chicago, when I was a kid. We grew veggies (tomatoes, cukes, Spanish onions), flowers (hollyhocks and zinnias), and strawberries. I loved working in the garden, which was in a community garden space, with my Dad, & eating strawberries off the vine. Gardening is a very good thing for a kid, and I'm so happy even the White House has a garden now, thanks to our First Lady's wisdom. A garden is a place of serenity, discovery, and joy.