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!!!
Earth Day, April 18, 2026, at the Memorial Garden with international Student Mentorship Program
Thank you wonderful students and mentors from the ISMP volunteerDay!
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.
You are invited to the NHCA Annual Meeting!
NHCA Annual Meeting March 22, 2026 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. You are invited to join your neighbors for the annual meeting of the North HillsCommunity Association Sunday, March 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Highlands CountryClub, 110 Hiller Drive. In November, Oakland voters will be asked to consider reform of the city charter,weighing in […]
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. […]
End of the year report from the NHCA Chair
Dear Neighbors: The North Hills Community Association (NHCA) is a registered 501(c) (3) nonproAit organization that functions entirely through the work of volunteers. We could not function without the support of you, our neighbors. Our email lists, Open Forum and Announcements, and website maintenance, are not free. We also must pay for meeting sites. Many […]
NHCA advocacy end of year-round up
This past year, members of the North Hills Community Association joined forces in advocacy efforts to improve public safety. Members have become more involved in city government, by sending emails to Councilmembers and speaking up at meetings. This resulted in several milestones, which included changing the police vehicle pursuit policy, holding biased police commissioners accountable […]
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 […]