Plant of the Month: Cottonwood

People receive many gifts from cottonwood including wood and medicine.

Volunteer Opportunities

Take a look at upcoming volunteer opportunities at GRuB!

January Garden Tips

We can't harvest many vegetables through this month, but we can still grow!

Garden Tips: December

December can be a quiet month in the garden, but there's still plenty to do

Plant of the Month: Evergreen Conifers

Evergreen reminds us that we can survive this cold season!

Healing with Wild Foods and Medicines

Learn about the generosity of our Wild Foods and Medicines Program!

Giving Opportunities for 2020

You still have time to donate to your favorite organizations!

Our Nurturing Garden Programs

Learn about the ways in which our Garden Programs nurture our community!

Fall Appeal 2020

Our Fall Appeal for 2020!

Youth Programs: Building Resilience & Leadership

Learn about resilience in our Youth Programs!

Plant of the Month: Doug fir

Learn from Doug fir about how to adapt to changing environments!

Annual GRuBkin Fundraiser: Pumpkin Bread

This year we are making Pumpkin Bread for our bake sale fundraiser!

Reflections on Reciprocity for Veteran's Day

Learn about reciprocity in our Volunteer Programs!

What to Plant - November

You can still grow a lot of different plants inside this time of year!

Hummingbird Community Solar Project

Learn about GRuB's collaboration with Hummingbird Community Solar Project!

GRuB seeks board members to begin in January 2021

Here's your chance to join the GRuBby Board!!

Putting Down Roots on the Farm with Tier 1 Youth 

Learn about our youth Tier groups!

Plant of the Month: Hawthorne

Hawthorne is medicine for the heart!

You Are Invited: Join GRuB's Sustaining Circle!

Join our Sustaining Circle! 

Soirée 2020 Thank You To Guests & Donors

Soirée went beyond our wildest expectations! Thank you for helping us GROW!

Canoe Journey Herbalists

Canoe Journey Herbalists connects community with herbal medicine.

Cal and the Chicken Coop

Learn about our super volunteer Cal and his lovely chicken coop project!

Honor a Vet in Your Life

Give a gift today to honor a veteran or active service member!

Summer 2020 Print Newsletter

Our beautiful summer print newsletter, digitized!

GRuB's Equity Journey

We strive to be an anti-oppressive, liberatory organization

Plant of the Month: Camas

July 2020 GRuB Org Update

Update on current opportunities and happenings at GRuB

Plant of the Month: Mint

Meet Jane Lawson: Making a Home for GRuB

Meet GRuB Sustainer Jane Lawson and read about her BIG contribution to GRuB

GRuB's Going Solar!

GRuB is proud to partner with the Hummingbird Community Solar Project!

Get or Give a GRuBby Garden! 

Learn how to give or receive a backyard container garden!

GRuB’s Backyard Garden Building Model 

We're sharing resources with our backyard garden building peers!

Jacinto Dyson (1993-2020)

We lost a member of the community last month.

Plant of the Month: Salmonberry

Read about how salmonberry nourishes our human and non-human communities.

GRuB Solidarity Statement

Addressing food justice requires taking an active stance for racial justice

Lettuce Build Gardens, Lettuce Support Community

Help us gift 150 gardens to households with scarce financial resources

Victory Gardens: What’s in a Name? 

Join the conversation on renaming GRuB's "Victory Garden" programs.

Plant of the Month: Plantain

May's Plant-of-the-Month is a common "weed" packed with powerful medicine!

Wild Foods and Medicine Updates

Fun and exciting trainings and events to look forward to this year

Meet Melissa Davis: Cooking Up Community at GRuB

Meet Melissa Davis: GRuB Guest Chef and member of our Sustaining Circle

Lettuce Build Gardens!

We are rethinking our annual build-a-thon to build more gardens than ever!

GRuB Update to Community

Read about how GRuB is adapting to share our resources more than ever!

Herbal Support during the Coronavirus Outbreak

Learn how to support your health and immune systems naturally

GRuB seeding abundance during Stay-at-Home

A letter from our ED on GRuB's evolving plans for action in 2020

Update to the GRuB Community: How to Reach Us

How to reach us while we are closed to the public

Coronavirus Response at GRuB

How we can best support the community at this time

Meet Steve Byers: a GRuB Sustainer

Read about why Steve connects with and supports GRuB's work!

Cultural Ecosystems on GRuB's Nature Trail

Read about Cultural Ecosystems and how it's used on GRuB's Nature Trail

Plant of the Month: Oregon Grape

Read about the Oregon Grape and its many uses as food, medicine, and dyes.

Plant of the Month: Red Alder - The Community Builder

The January 2020 Plant of the Month is Red Alder - the Community Builder

United Way of Thurston County

We're grateful for our partnership with the United Way of Thurston County!

Growing Leaders: Teresa Knotwell

Meet a Victory Gardener who became a GRuB Board Member

Plant-of-the-Month: Douglas Fir

The most common tree in the Pacific Northwest, it offers us many gifts.

Disabled Veterans National Foundation

3.8 million veterans have a service-connected disability

Patagonia Action Works

Your financial gift to GRuB matched by Patagonia through 12/31/2019

Help Us Grow in 2020

Your financial gifts are precious to us.

Learn What's Growing at GRuB!

Keep GRuB Growing Next Year!

Cultivating Veterans

With roots on the Victory Farm, veterans are thriving.

Growing Leaders: Meet Al!

A GRuB volunteer who wears many hats

Kim's GRuBuating!

After nurturing GRuB for 23 years, she's transitioning to new callings.

Dandelion–An Autumn Reflection

Musings, medicine & recipes from Elise Krohn

Give Local & Support GRuB

Donate to GRuB via the Community Foundation's annual fundraising campaign

GRuBkin Pies!

Order your GRuB-grown pumpkin pie by 11/22/19

Fall in Love with KinderGarden in the Garden!

A special program for children ages 2-6 years, especially babies of color

The Mayday Foundation Partners with GRuB!

learn about how fresh, local food supports families coping with cancer!

Plant of the Month: Wild Strawberry

Learn about Wild Strawberry from Elise Krohn

GroundED Spring Report

Learn about our successful implementation of the GroundED program!

Request for Proposals - Fundraising Gala Leadership

We're looking to fill this position as soon as possible.

Volunteer Orientation & More!

Volunteer orientation, drop-in hours, and upcoming ice cream party!

Plant of the Month: Yarrow

Learn about the versatile healing properties of 'Warrior Medicine'

Traditional Plants Program Coordinator, Mariana Harvey

Welcome our new staff member, Mariana Harvey!

Saying Goodbye to GRuBuation

Saying hello to Tend, Gather & Grow

Market Stand Now Open!

Open every Wednesday from 3-6PM

Plant of the Month: Wild Rose

Read about Wild Rose from Elise Krohn, Traditional Plants Program Director

Spend Your Summer at GRuB!

Open to youth & young adults who have not earned their GED or HS diploma

The GRuB Institute is Coming!

Learn about GRuB's program so you can adapt it to your community

GRuB & GRAVITY Launch GroundED, a GED Gateway

A new partnership for youth working on their high school equivalency

May There Be Gardens - 5/4/2019

Celebrate the end of our garden-buidling season with a shared meal!

Release the Bees! Event 4/13/2019

Please join us for a day of garden-building, socializing, and bee-happiness

Stay Woke Rally - 3/18/2019

Join us for an inspiring evening with civil rights legend Dolores Huerta!

Pancake Breakfast Benefit for GRuB's Victory Farm! 3/10/2019

Come eat some food so we can grow some more!

"Sustainable" the Movie

Join us Thursday, February 28, from 6:30-8:30 for a showing of this movie.

Farm Drop-In Volunteer Hours

Get your hands dirty and help out at the GRuB farm!

Families on the Farm

Families can drop in for fun garden-based activities and more.‍

Announcing Our New Executive Director!

We're pleased to announce that Deb Crockett joins our team in May.

New GroundED Program Coming In March!

GRuB & Gravity are offering youth a comprehensive educational opportunity.

Everyone's Welcome, Nobody's Perfect, & Anything's Possible

Tara Blue, Army Vet & TESC grad, reflects on her 2018 GRuB Internship

Plant of the Month: Cedar

Read about Cedar from Elise Krohn, Traditional Plants Program Director

Internships Galore

Eight GRuB internships currently available!

Registration is Open for Tend, Gather, & Grow Teacher Trainings!

Don't miss the early bird registration discounts!

Apply for a Free Victory Garden!

Deadline to apply for a free garden is January 31, 2019

Give Local

Donate through Give Local from 10/31-11/20 & your donation will go further!

Update on the GRuB-in-the-Schools Initiative

Eight years after a high school principal approached us with a challenge...

Our Beloved David Dec

David was an invaluable member of our community. We will miss him deeply.

GRuBkin Pie Sale & Open House

We're having a Fall Pie Fundraiser!

It's Time for Someone Else to Take the Reins

Katie Rains is stepping aside to make space for new leadership at GRuB!

It's Berry Season

Read on to learn about wild berry medicine, complete with recipes!

Non-Profit of the Year Award

Thurston Economic Development Council honors GRuB in 2018

Empower a New Generation of Leaders in Your Community

Join us for our 3-day GRuB Institute taking place May 16-18, 2018

Sponsor a Senior - Give the Gift of GRuB-Grown Produce this Summer

Would you join us in gifting fresh-grown produce to 20 seniors this summer?