Urban farmer Wanda Stewart is the vision behind Oakland’s Hoover Elementary School garden, affectionately called the Hoover Hawks. The garden does not have traditional garden boxes, but instead is built using mounds of soil. At the Hoover Elementary School work party, parents and students worked together with students from UC Berkeley and Berkeley High School to help install a rain water harvesting system. “It was so inspiring meeting kids who were so excited to be working in this beautiful garden at their school! It made me want to learn more about permaculture. Now I want to work on water conservation projects at Berkeley High!” said Elizabeth, a participant from Berkeley High School.
