San Mateo Adult School: Garden Club Volunteers Help Community

San Mateo Adult School Garden Club

The SMAS Garden Club is a volunteer group of current and former students. They work in the school garden growing healthy, organic fruits and vegetables. They learn about sustainability. They run the School Farmers Market. They have fun, make friends, and make our school and world a better place!

Volunteering to Help Others

Five volunteers from the San Mateo Adult School's Garden Club recently picked 1,500 pounds of walnuts in one day raising more than $1,300 in funds. The Garden Club donated half of the funds to the school in collaboration with the Student Council to help Adult School students who are experiencing difficulties during this pandemic.

The remaining funds will be used in the maintenance of the garden: installation of vegetable trellises, purchase of vegetable seeds and fruit tree fertilizer, upgrade the drip irrigation system, purchase vegetable blend soil, amend the soil of the garden beds and other planting areas, and many other projects that are still in the works. The garden has been self-sustaining since it started eleven years ago. They feel very lucky that director Ms. Taylor is very supportive of the San Mateo Adult School Garden.

Garden Club Doesn't Stop!

Members picked and sold walnuts and pomegranates, as well as garden grown organic produce. They donated

$500 to Samaritan Hose from the walnut sale.
$500 to San Mateo Adult school to buy turkeys for students (from the pomegranite sales below)
$2,250 from the pomegranate sales. Half of the fund will go to our adult school and the other half will go to our school garden for its construction.

Learn More about Garden Club
Follow the SMAS Garden Club on Facebook.
Email Teacher Betty if you are interested in joining Garden Club.

Thank you, Garden Club, for the many ways you enrich our community!  