News & Notes
June 11, 2025: The GOATS are back and GRAZING!
We welcome these weed eaters on the steep slopes on the Southern slope across from the Gateway Demonstration Pavilion Garden. You can see they are behind the electric fence which keeps them from eating the aloes and other plants that Gordon Piper planted years ago. They are also munching away below Hiller Highlands V.
June, 2025: Welcome FIVE baby BUCKEYES to the site across from the Gateway!
Fred Booker, NHCA Garden chair, nurtured these wonderful California native trees from seed. He planted 5 and you can see them in cages with a bright red ribbon. Per google, they could flower in as soon as 3 years, and after 10-15 years be over 15’. They can grow to about 35’ tall. It is […]
May 19 Board Meeting Agenda
NHCA Board Meeting @ 3:00 p.m. at the Claremont Resort and Club Agenda
Chevron Community Volunteer Day, April 17th, 9-12pm
On Monday April 17, the NHCA Garden Committee hosted seven volunteers from Chevron to do some heavy lifting. Numerous shrubs were removed from under the olive canopies and massive amounts of weeds were removed. A delicious lunch from Zachary’s was provided courtesy of Andrea Gordon, Realtor. Our Spring clean-up Garden Work Party days are in […]
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