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Debbie Togliatti hands preschoolers fresh peas from the garden. (Courtesy OFJCC)
Posted inBay Area

Inch by inch, this ‘gardenista’ helped preschoolers grow at the Palo Alto JCC

by Dan Pine June 16, 2026June 18, 2026

Updated on June 18 After 40 bloomin’ years on the job, Debbie Togliatti is hanging up her trowel.  The gardening specialist at the Oshman Family JCC preschool — or, as […]

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This East Bay cannabis guru wants you to grow your own

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky July 29, 2021July 29, 2021
A Japanese Maple with its red fall leaves. (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inFirst Person

Jewish tradition celebrates the rhythm of nature. What happens when it’s thrown off balance?

Hannah S. Pressman by Hannah S. Pressman and JTA July 28, 2021July 28, 2021
A resident of Reutlinger Community works in the new Deborah L. Lind Memorial Garden.
Posted inSeniors

New Reutlinger garden an inviting, safe place for seniors

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb June 14, 2021
A garden of his own: Landscape designer Stephen John Suzman’s own rose garden in San Francisco.
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A high-end garden designer with political roots in South Africa

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 25, 2021
David Brenner stands in front of the vertical garden he designed for the Salesforce Tower. (Photo/Laura Paull)
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Atop the Salesforce Tower, a garden grows… vertically

Laura Pall by Laura Paull February 27, 2019March 1, 2019

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