Monday-Friday: 10:00am-5:30pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00am-5:00pm

• hands-on classes and events in organic gardening and sustainable lifestyles
• seeds and plant starts - hundreds of edible, medicinal, native and ornamental varieties
• organic composts, fertilizers and mulches - a broad selection
• tools and natural disease and pest control products - the highest quality
• books, magazines, cards, and gift items
• volunteer opportunities and new friends.

To view some recent articles about Common Ground appearing in local publications, visit the In the News page.

Common Ground joined Shop Palo Alto. Its goal is to help connect local residents with local businesses, and to promote the value of independent and locally-owned businesses. Shop Palo Alto is a collaboration between the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, Palo Alto Weekly, Palo Alto Online, Hometown Peninsula and the City of Palo Alto.

View two informative videos about Common Ground:

• Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center
  • Patricia Becker, Common Ground Center Director
• Some of the Thinking Behind the Common Ground Approach to Organic Gardening
  • Bob Niederman, Common Ground Steering Committee
  • Drew Harwell, Former Common Ground Demonstration Garden Manager

Thank you to Luke Seerveld of Seerveld Media for his professional video production services!

Common Ground is a project of Ecology Action, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization promoting the GROW BIOINTENSIVE®; method of sustainable agriculture. Under the direction of John Jeavons, author of How to Grow More Vegetables, Ecology Action has researched and promoted Biointensive agricultural methods worldwide since 1972.

For mail order seeds and supplies check out our sister organization Bountiful Gardens which sells untreated open-pollinated non-GMO seed of heirloom quality for vegetables, herbs, flowers, grains, green manures, compost and carbon crops. Offering many varieties as Certified Organic, Natural, Biointensive or GROW BIOINTENSIVE® sustainable seed.

Contributions are tax-deductible; we greatly appreciate your donations and participation!

Monday-Friday: 10:00am-5:30pm
Saturday-Sunday: 10:00am-5:00pm

Common Ground Organic Garden Supply and Education Center
559 College Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94306
650 493-6072
Click here for a map

http://www.commongroundinpaloalto.org
Center Director: Patricia Becker
Click here to email the Center Director