About
One of our favorite places to teach kids about food is in the Garden at AT&T Park, a 4,320-square-foot edible garden located inside AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants.
San Francisco children from elementary schools and community organizations, like the Boys and Girls Club and YMCA, are invited to visit the Garden for weekly field trips. Through hands-on activities, kids learn about the importance of healthy eating, see first-hand where food comes from and how it grows, and roll up their sleeves for cooking classes guided by Bon Appétit and other Bay Area guest chefs.
We grow all kinds of fruits, vegetables, greens, and herbs in this outdoor classroom and kids have the opportunity to see them growing in plant form and then harvest and cook with them. As we demonstrate how whole ingredients can be made into meals, our goal is to excite kids about preparing and eating healthy food and encourage them to live healthier, more active lives.
From the Press and Our Blog
Giants Bullpens Become Garden Neighbors
For those of you who have brought your students on a field trip to the Garden at Oracle Park, you may have heard that the San Francisco Giants are relocating […]
Inspired Students Cook for their Classmates and Community
Culinary Arts students from Riverbank High School gave back to their classmates and community after visiting The Garden at Oracle Park. During their field trip, these aspiring chefs used the […]
Junior Giants make a Garden Gallery
The Garden at Oracle Park proved to be a highlight of the Junior Giants Festival this past August where we welcomed almost two-thousand elementary-age Junior Giants along with their families […]
Teen Career Day
This summer we continued to cultivate our partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco (BGCSF), welcoming 20 teens for a special “Teen Career Day” featuring garden exploration […]
Fans Buzz about Bees on National Honey Bee Awareness Day
Honey bees are the world’s most important pollinators. Without their pollination, the fruits and vegetables growing in the Garden at Oracle Park couldn’t survive.
Top Chef Junior Finalist Teaches in Giants Garden
15-year-old Top Chef Junior finalist Rahanna Bisseret Martinez joined forces with us to host a one-of-a-kind cooking and educational experience for Bay Area Youth.
Cub Scouts Make A New Friend
Last week twenty-five Cub Scouts came out to the Garden to learn about cooking with garden-fresh, healthy ingredients.
Hip Hop Artist Drops Beats in the Garden
Denver-based environmental activist and hip hop musician DJ Cavem joined us in the Garden to provide children from Charles Drew Elementary School and the Enchantment Institute with a unique educational […]
Vegan Nachos Hit A Home Run!
The Garden’s newest menu item, vegan nachos featuring LOCA cheese and Impossible Foods chili, proves to be a home run!
Every Garden Needs A Gnome
It’s a new baseball season and you know what that means – fresh fruits, veggies, and herbs are growing in the beds and we can’t wait to feed all of […]
Making Rainbows at the Junior Giants Festival
The Junior Giants Festival is one of our favorite annual events and, this year, approximately 2,200 kids visited AT&T Park to celebrate the conclusion of their baseball season.
San Francisco Giants Outfielder Hunter Pence Co-Hosts Cooking Class
San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence and his wife, Alexis Pence, co-owner of Coral Sword Café, teamed up with Bon Appétit Management Company’s culinary education program, Healthy Kids in the […]
Inspired Visitors Grow a Garden of Their Own
Last winter, 46 preschoolers from Mission Neighborhood Centers (a non-profit that supports thousands of low-income families at eleven sites across San Francisco) entered the ballpark for their first time, filled […]
San Francisco Teens Learn About Food Service Careers
Last week, as part of the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco’s Citywide Teen Services’ effort to expose teens to a wide variety of careers, twenty youth joined us […]
Cultivating Waste Warriors at AT&T Park
At the start of the year, we introduced a new compost system and we’ve had so much fun sharing it with kids – largely because it’s home to over 1,000 […]
Tapping into our artistic side at FanFest
This year’s FanFest brought Giants coaches, players, and a crowd of 30,000 fans onto the field in anticipation of the upcoming baseball season.
Celebrating Pumpkins
Long before the arrival of European explorers, Native Americans cultivated pumpkins as a food source for the winter. They cooked the sweet flesh in a number of different ways: roasted, […]
The Garden Isn’t Just for Kids!
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting 23 special needs students from South San Francisco’s Adult Education School for their first-ever field trip to the Garden at AT&T Park.
Trying New Foods
Romanesco is one of our team’s favorite crops. It’s a vegetable with many names: Romanesco cauliflower, Romanesco broccoli, Broccolo Romanesco, and even fractal fruit.
A Radish Salsa Celebration
We recently welcomed forty eager and excited elementary aged children from a community organization located in Palo Alto. The students, many of whom are die-hard Giants fans, were all visiting […]
Chef Traci Des Jardins Visits Garden at AT&T Park
Kids from the Boys & Girls Club’s Mission Clubhouse recently visited us for a special afternoon of culinary fun alongside award-winning chef Traci Des Jardins — who oversees several Bon […]
Kids Say the Darnedest Things At The Garden at AT&T Park
“This is so great! I never thought I’d be in the Giants stadium eating food I cooked myself!” So exclaimed Jiovani, who recently visited us in the Garden at AT&T […]
Raves and Reviews
WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROGRAM
“Thank you so much for the incredible opportunity you gave to my students to learn about local cooking and gardening. The experience had a profound effect on them.”
WHAT KIDS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE PROGRAM
“I don’t even like carrots, but I’m liking them today!” “I like your garden, it tastes really good!”
What the Media is Saying About Our Garden
“The San Francisco Giants’ fruit and vegetable garden at AT&T Park includes plenty of kale, a favorite of power-hitting outfielder Hunter Pence.” – Wall Street Journal
What Our Partners Are Saying About Our Garden
“Thank you so much for the incredible opportunity you gave to my students to learn about local cooking and gardening. The experience had a profound effect on them.”
