The Victory Garden is planted in front of San Francisco's City Hall.
Upon entering, there is a sign that describes the motto of the garden.
Anyone can walk through the garden and take a rest on one of the hay benches.
Fresh basil!
All of the signs are written in Spanish, English, and Chinese.
Wild flowers were planted to attract bugs that pollinate the vegetables.
The start of my collard green harvest.
Kelsey, the garden educator teaches me how to harvest.
Rubber bands for bunching together stems of greens.
The gardens are designed in a circular patter.
My box begins to fill up!
After a bunch of greens is harvested, you give it a double dip, first in the left bucket of water and next in the right bucket.
A blooming squash blossom is absolutely beautiful.
A growing squash blossom.
A volunteer works on the harvest.
The vibrant stems of red chard remind me of Christmas.
More wild flowers.
A hay bench makes a nice resting spot.
After harvesting the collard greens, I washed this box of lettuce heads.
I learned that fresh cut lettuce leaves are very delicate.
The harvested vegetables are taken to the San Francisco Food Bank. From there the produce is distributed to churches, schools, f
The boxes are placed in the shade to prevent wilting.
The water becomes cloudy quickly. Its important to frequently change the wash buckets.
The hose where the wash buckets are filled.
In neat circles, the vegetables look pretty.
The compost heap.