Share the Harvest—Submit Your Garden Photos
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We’re well into harvest season, and we want you to see what you had growing this year. Share a picture of fruits, veggies, herbs or other foods you grew in a home or community garden.
A little celebration of your cultivation helps support the County’s sustainability goals. Planting your own food instead of buying it leads to reduced packaging waste reduced transportation emissions from fewer trips to the grocery store.
Another way to support the environment is eating seasonal produce. Eating seasonal produce means that you're more likely to be eating local produce from farms, gardens, and markets in your community - this also means that the food didn’t have to travel as far to get to your plate, leading to lower transportation emissions.
Gardens also promote sustainability by helping to alleviate the impacts of climate change, as plants are a natural filter where they take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through their process of photosynthesis.
On top of that, gardening is a great way to get outside, live an active lifestyle, and connect with nature.
Send a pic of your homegrown harvest to communications@sdcounty.ca.gov and we’ll share the bounty with employees!
Joycelyn Bernardo, Staff Accountant, grew bittermelon and eggplant.
Joycelyn Bernardo, Staff Accountant, grew long beans and tomatoes.
Michelle Mowad, Communications Specialist, grew cucumbers and jalapenos.
Christina Gall-Gonzalez, Supervising Human Services Specialist, is growing jalapenos, serrano peppers, yellow peppers, mint, peppermint, two kinds of grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, blueberries, rosemary, basil, raspberries, nectarines, plums, apples, lemons, limes, avocados and oranges.
Liza Sarmiento, HHSA-Adoption, grew guava.
Florence M. Keitel, Protective Services Supervisor with Child Welfare Services, grew Cucumbers, Japanese eggplant, cherry tomatoes, Cherokee purple tomatoes and garden peach tomatoes.
Florence M. Keitel, Protective Services Supervisor with Child Welfare Services, grew Japanese eggplant, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, orange mini peppers and candy cane pepper.
Nancy Wickus, Senior Agricultural/Standards Inspector, grew apriums and blueberries.
Issa Quiogue, AIS Office Assistant, grew dragonfruit.
Liza Sarmiento, HHSA-Adoption, grew dragonfruit.
Liza Sarmiento, HHSA-Adoption, grew Calamansi.
Liza Sarmiento, HHSA-Adoption, grew Oranges.
Carey Riccitelli, Director of the Office of Strategy and Innovation, planted 27 different fruits and veggies this year.
Carey Riccitelli, Director of the Office of Strategy and Innovation, planted 27 different fruits and veggies this year.
Gwyn L Reed, Administrative Analyst I, Auditor and Controller, grew Zucchini, Carrots, Beets and Sugar Peas.
Laura A. Terry, Administrative Secretary II at Probation, grew peaches.
Gwyn L Reed, Administrative Analyst I, Auditor and Controller, grew Zucchini, Carrots, Beets and Sugar Peas.
Patricia Laffiton, Social Worker III, Office of Homeless Solutions, grew fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Patricia Laffiton, Social Worker III, Office of Homeless Solutions, grew fruits, vegetables and flowers.
Sharmin Ferdous, Library Technician, grows many plants.
Jescel Esteban, Environmental Health Specialist III, grew chilis, tomatoes, cucumber, moringa, hyacinth beans, Lavender and chili pepper.
Jescel Esteban, Environmental Health Specialist III, grew chilis, tomatoes, cucumber, moringa, hyacinth beans, Lavender and chili pepper.
TEgan Glasheen, Communications Manager, grew butternut squash.
Maria Victorio, Supervising Public Health Microbiologist, grew corn, roma and cherry tomatoes, poblano peppers, nopales and figs.
Sharmin Ferdous, Library Technician, grows many plants.
Sharmin Ferdous, Library Technician, grows many plants.
Yvette Urrea Moe, Communications Specialist, and her son grew carrots.
Justin Aquino, Senior Agricultural/Standars Inspector, is growing mangoes.
Anne Ulm, Supervising Office Assistant with Youth Development and Community Support Services, grew pears.
Kerri Matheson, Physical Therapy Consultant, grew tomatoes for canning.
Dario Lombardo, Agricultural Scientist, replaced half his front yard with lettuces.
Debbie Ordonez, Revenue & Budget Manager with HHSA, grew giant lemons from a dwarf lemon tree.
Yvette Urrea Moe, Communications Specialist, grew tomatoes and Jalapenos.