Click on the images below to enlarge. Photos courtesy of Alba
Sánchez These three photos were taken at the Collective Roots
workshop, which was held at the East Palo Alto Charter School.
The first photo shows instructors Iban Seger, at the far left
and Neha Bazaj, in the white shirt, talking with two workshop
attendees. In the second photo, the instructors and the students
protect growing strawberry plants from the cold. The third photo
shows some of the collard greens that are growing in the
school's garden. What kind of plants can grow in the winter?
When do you start planting? How do you protect strawberries from
the cold? These were some of the questions that were raised in
the garden workshop that was held at the East Palo Alto Charter
School. The workshop was sponsored by Collective Roots, a
nonprofit organization in East Palo Alto, which focuses on
"garden-based learning" and "food system change." In answering
the question about the type of plants that grow in the winter,
Neha Bazaj responded, "Everyth