TopLeaf Farm

TopLeaf Farm

by | Jan 24, 2020

Our Farmstead is a family home and base from which Top Leaf Farms works out of as well as a multitude of other projects we are incubating to demonstrate alternatives to our food system and land stewardship. We are coming into right relationship with the land by recreating a sense of commons within the shared backyards and developing ecological infrastructure and examples of implementing resilience in a urban lot. Our main focus is on assisting the ecological engine and re-establishing feedback loops for the system to thrive. This includes completing a number of projects already underway. These include a earth school structure that will house a pre-school in September. Soil building in the gardens and orchard and creating a sense of commons within the shared acre of land we have opened up with our neighbors. We wish to be a urban hub of bio-diversity, culture and a place for community to gather , earn and grow.

Hoover Elementary School Garden

by | Mar 27, 2018

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.