Community Stability

Berkeley EcoHouse grew out of the extraordinary neighborhood efforts at Hopkins and Peralta Streets that have produced the finest gardens and educational exhibits. They include, the Peralta Community Art Garden, the Northside Garden, the Karl Linn Garden and the Interpretive Exhibit of the Natural and Cultural History of the Westbrae Neighborhood located along the Ohlone Greenway.  These projects contribute to ecological living in our multicultural and economically diverse neighborhood, where raising healthy food close to home is especially helpful for low-income gardeners.

EcoHouse team members have developed a growing sense of community with neighbors through personal contact, information exchange, neighborhood celebrations, and participation in construction and upkeep of the ecological demonstration projects. Today more than one hundred residents participate actively in EcoHouse projects, the cultivation of community gardens, the installation of interpretative exhibits, and the revegetation of a heavily traveled section of the Ohlone Greenway with native California plants grown from seed in the Peralta Community Garden. The accomplishments and good spirits generated by these collaborative efforts are truly inspiring.

Once the demonstration house is completed our goal is to open it up as a community learning center.