Join the Garber Park Stewards in collaboration withClaremont Canyon Conservancy, North Hills Community Association, and theClaremont Resort & Club
Zone Zero demonstration garden
On August 8, we had 22 helpers and 2 hired hands to install the beginning of our Zone Zero demonstration garden: Non-flammable material! A work in Progress!! Donations are accepted with pleasure!
Sydney Zone Zero
Last April, 7 brave UCB students removed all the weeds at the entry of the Gateway Pavilion. We say brave because a big storm was predicted and it dumped rain just as we finished.
August 8, 2026 9-11am: GRAND RE-OPENING!
The bare-bones house structure at the Gateway Emergency Preparedness Exhibition Center, was built after the 1991 fire and designed by our Alvarado Road neighbor, the architect Peter Scott. It is about to receive an important face-lift to keep up with changing fire safety codes. The original flammable landscaping at the entrance and around the building, […]
Pop up weeding event on Saturday, May 30!
You’ve gotta love the skilled weed pickers! Poco a poco …… getting it together!!!
UC Berkeley project day, April 11
With help from our UC students, we are prepping the Gateway pavilion for zone zero requirements. Trying to get ahead of the curve. We had a sweet spot of some sun surrounded by blustery rain.
New Eagle Scout Stair Replacement for Gateway
A year ago, the NHCA Garden Committee reached out to former NHCA board member and scout mother, Shivani Grover, about connecting with local Boy Scout troops regarding a potential Eagle Scout project at the Gateway Garden. From that connection, Lucas Dominguez from Piedmont Troop 6 reached out to us with a willingness to help. Fred […]
Major clean up in Garber Park in honor of Dr. King
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Garber Park Stewards, along with NHCA neighbors and the Claremont Resort and Club, joined forces for a major Garber Park Clean up on Jan. 19! About 35 volunteers total, including several families with grade school kids ,helped fill a 20 yard dumpster set up on Claremont Ave. […]
NHCA Gardens Annual Recap
NHCA Gardens! We have had a busy year in our two community gardens, the Gateway Emergency Preparedness Garden and the Firestorm Memorial Garden by Bentley School. Our gardening team has grown from five regulars to 13, led by Nancy Mueller and Fred Booker (Fred Booker, Geri Charnin, Adriana Duque, Kevin Faulkner, Sean Gilmore, Cornelia Grimes, […]
Nov 8: UC Berkeley Stewardship and Thank you Schleifer Donors!
UC Berkeley students lent 38 hands to Gateway Emergency Demonstration Garden last Saturday, Nov 8! 19 students cleared a lot of flammable dense brush adjacent to the frame structure, and patiently pulled weeds out of the granite plaza and stone paths. They also planted several dozen daffodils donated by KOB! (Keep Oakland Beautiful) Thank you […]
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 […]
Meet Our Garden Beautification Crew
This is Peggy Mooney, our steady octogenarian volunteer. She specializes in path restoration. Every little weed is out, every tiny chard of glass, gone. Rocks all together and mulch separated. Here are most of us! To our delight Donna has joined our merry crew. On the left is Geri and her husband Kevin with the […]
Productive Work Party at the Memorial Garden, Saturday August 23, 2025
Eight of us worked away and bagged 22 green waste bags. We also hauled away a 30 GA bag of trash, mostly along Tunnel Road as it comes off the freeway. The water is off so we are concentrating on removing dead plants. There needs to be less planted there anyhow. There are some oaks […]
Another successful Garden Party Clean-up Sat. July 26th!
On Saturday, July 26, we had six great volunteers and gathered 8 full green waste bags and 1 giant bag of trash. Anna and Nancy decided to tackle the very unappealing bus stop. Somebody may want to sit there now!! Amen!
new volunteer partner
NHCA is delighted to share the news that Boys Team Charity has volunteered to work in the gardens on August 9th and 23rd. https://www.boysteamcharity.org
Firestorm Memorial Garden – Party!
NHCA had a very successful work party at the Firestorm Memorial Garden yesterday, Sat. July 12. Six of us worked hard to beautify the garden…remove dead plants and branches and pick up lots of trash along Hiller and Tunnel roads. It looks 100% better! Both Fred Booker and David Kessler wrote CalTrans to remove the […]
Very Successful Garden Party Clean-Up Sat. June 28, 2025
We had a great day on Sat June 28. With 10 volunteers, we got a lot accomplished. Over thirteen 30 GA bags of weeds and pruned material were collected. The entry was spruced up. Fred Booker continues to water his 5 buckeyes that were planted across the street from our main garden at Gateway. Earlier […]