Join Us 02/20/2026 at La Carreta

On February 20, 2026, from 3:30 to 4:30 PM at La Carreta, Thousand Oaks, a public event will teach self-watering container gardening using donated food-safe buckets. Participants can decorate pre-built containers and grow plants. Donations are welcomed for additional containers. No reservations needed; it’s first-come, first-serve.

Vote on Our Next Online Class Topics

We are so blessed to have so many wonderful learners accessing our free online instruction on Meetup via Zoom. We have developed topics that continue to attract new learners each time they are presented, but we also want to create new content for our learners who have already taken our existing offering of classes. Please complete and submit this survey […]

Food for Thought – Episode 14: A Visit with Carrie from GroTech Gardens, Makers of GroBucket

In this episode of Food for Thought, Carrie Runnals of GroTech Gardens, makers of the GroBucket self-watering container visits the Learn & Grow Virtual Sustainability Learning Center and test garden, all the way from Georgia. Carrie and her husband, Joe, hit the road in their beautifully upgraded RV to travel and enjoy our beautiful country and connect with all of […]

From Bucket to Table: The Life Story of a Squash

At first, there’s the female flower with a little green bulb behind it. Pollen from the male flowers, which are on straight stems, fertilize the female flower, causing the little green bulb to develop into a squash fruit. Once the flower has been fertilized, it dries up and the little green bulb grows into a new, developing squash fruit. Over […]