News & Notes
Rock Star….JD Van der Werf!
Last Saturday, Oct 25, is was a rainy morn…..as predicted, started at 9. Since Fred was away, JD arrived at “Fred time” 8:30AM and had already picked up this much trash by the time I arrived!! We called the rest of our fabulous volunteers off but went ahead and planted about 30 iris blubs that […]
Fabulous workday with the UC Project Day leaders!
The Gateway Demonstration Exhibit Garden benefited from an energetic Cal group!! On Sat Oct 4, we had 17 Cal students, and they worked hard!!! They painted the graffitied irrigation box, deck posts and painted out graffiti on the understory of the deck. Other students hammered in the heads of hundreds of popped nail heads on […]
Firestorm Memorial Garden Cleaning
On Sat September 27, our intrepid NHCA garden volunteers cleaned up the Firestorm Memorial Garden. Donna got the great idea to cut down a clump of very tall, 20’+ Euc suckers which were blocking the directional highway signs. So attack we did! Pic #1 Before our work, you can verify our location with the bike […]
ARE YOU IN THE NHCA?
Everyone who lives in the area bounded by Ashby/Highway13, Claremont Blvd., GrizzlyPeak/Skyline, and Thornhill is a member of NHCA. Membership is free, but we depend on your support and participation so that we can cover our expenses (mostly for communication, a little for plants), work on issues that are important to everyone, and represent the community’s views when we interact with city officials.
This is the new map of City of Oakland Council Districts. NHCA is part of District 4 now, an all hill district