http://commonwealthurbanfarms.com/

CommonWealth Urban Farms, 3310 N Olie Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK (2025)

04/21/2025

🦆👂 We’ll be taking the li-bird-y of informing you that our next class is this Saturday, April 26th, from 11am to noon on The Basics of Birding! We will learn together how to recognize bird songs and calls that can deepen our connections to the outdoors and enhance our appreciation for the various bird species that live in or migrate through our area. In this introductory class, Matt will cover the basic categories of bird vocalizations and introduce the songs and calls of several common bird species in Oklahoma. I’m ready wing you are! 🫡🤪

No need to sign up ahead of time! $10 per adult or $15 per pair - or volunteer that Saturday morning to get in for free!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

04/12/2025

Today has been swell, chat. The spring has brought us back to life, here at CommonWealth. 🌞

Did you know that the application of compost minimizes soil loss by up to 86%? How about the fact that there’s been a 65% increase in composting programs worldwide just within the last five years? 💁🏻‍♀️

04/05/2025

It was a doozy outside this mornin’. 👁️👄👁️

Despite the chilly rain and wind - we showed up! And we weren’t alone! A big thanks to the OCU and OUMed students who came through today, and to our youth volunteers! 😭 Suffering together is always better, we always say.

“Don’t forget the random compost fact of the day!” Is that what we heard someone say? 🤨 Well, we’d never.

Azteca ants have had a deep relationship with Cecropia trees, found in Central and South America, for what is believed to be hundreds of thousands of years. The Cecropia tree provides home and sustenance for the Azteca ants, and in return, the ants repair damage to the trees — patching holes with materials like plant parenchyma (tissue scraped from the tree’s interior), insect bodies, moss, ant waste, and even their own dead ant brethren. This waste is then broken down by fungi and bacteria — and everything works together to even decompose the toughest of materials like cellulose and chitin!

Anyway, composting has been around forever — it’s a process found repeated within nature everywhere, and we couldn’t have life without it! 🤪

04/04/2025

Join Us for Gardening Above Ground!

We’re excited to partner with the Oklahoma County Conservation District and Lia’s Garden for a special event—Gardening Above Ground!

This event is designed for those who may not have their own outdoor space but still want to grow their own food and flowers. We’re bringing the garden indoors by providing everything you need, including plants, soil, and expert maintenance tips!

Space is limited to 25 attendees, so be sure to register now!

April 12th - 11AM – 12PM
Commonwealth Urban Farm – 3310 N Ollie ave, OKC
Register Now!

04/04/2025

Y’all! The class “Landscaping with Native Plants”, taught by Connie Scothorn, that was suppose to be this Saturday, April 5th, is postponed due to inclement weather! Stay tuned for a new date.

03/15/2025

Next weekend we’re springing into action on Saturday, the 22nd, from 11am to noon, we will have our next class over How To Grow A Vegetable Garden Even If You’ve Never Planted A Seed In Your Life, by Keisha Scott!

Keisha will cover the basics—soil, water, and seeds—that ensure your first garden will be a delicious success. Participants will help plant a container garden that can be adjusted in size, making it suitable for backyards, front yards, decks, or patios. Additionally, each person will have the opportunity to start several pots of seeds to take home. Here’s to a successful first garden!

Veggie seedlings will also be available for sale.

No need to sign up ahead of time! $10 per adult or $15 per pair - or volunteer that Saturday morning to get in for free!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

03/15/2025

From today’s class, the first class of this year, over Fruit Tree Grafting & Pruning taught by the Fruit Tree Lord himself John Wilson! Thank you for all who bared the northern winds with us to learn what he had to teach! 😙🙏🏻

03/15/2025

Hey chat, did I hear someone say they wanted a random fact about composting? 🤩 There’s a bird called the Australian Brush-Turkey that builds communal compost piles to incubate their eggs!

This is not a build and leave system though – the bird checks the temperature of the compost with its beak and then adds or remove compost material to maintain an ideal incubation heat.

The piles can be up to 12.7 cubic meters and weigh nearly 7000 kilograms! 🤪

03/11/2025

A few years ago, CommonWealth launched an initiative to support individuals interested in market farming and enhancing their gardening skills. This year, we are partnering with 12 farmers, ranging from hobby gardeners to full-time market farmers.

The Partner Farmer program offers a combination of fertile growing beds, an irrigation system, additional infrastructure, and valuable community connections for new and emerging growers. Our newly constructed Wash/Pack Shed is a recent addition to our infrastructure improvements.

Each partner-farmer manages their own section of rows and has the freedom to decide what to plant and how to market their products. While partner-farmers pay a modest monthly fee for water and electricity, CommonWealth does not charge rent because we understand how challenging it can be for new growers to make ends meet.

Anyone interested in becoming a partner-farmer with CommonWealth is encouraged to email us at [email protected]

🌻 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms

03/05/2025

Due to inclement weather this Saturday, March 8th, we have decided to postpone the Fruit Tree: Pruning & Grafting class to the following Saturday, March 15th! Meet us at the compost lot on 1008 W Hill St. at 11am! 🤗

No need to sign up ahead of time! $10 per adult or $15 per pair - or volunteer that Saturday morning to get in for free!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

03/05/2025

Due to inclement weather this Saturday, March 8th, we have decided to postpone the Fruit Tree: Pruning & Grafting class to the following Saturday, March 15th! Meet us at the compost lot on 1008 W Hill St. at 11am! 🤗

02/28/2025

Our first Garden School class will be Fruit Tree Pruning & Grafting, taught by John Wilson! On Saturday, March 8th, 11am-Noon, participants will learn the basic principles of pruning fruit trees in this hands-on workshop. Weather permitting, John will also demonstrate how to graft onto existing trees using spring grafting techniques. These methods are ideal for urban gardeners who want to cultivate a greater variety of fruit and improve tree production while saving valuable space. 🌳

No need to sign up ahead of time! $10 per adult or $15 per pair - or volunteer that Saturday morning to get in for free!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

02/26/2025

Friends! Our 2025 Garden School Schedule is here! 🤠 We’ve got a ton of cool classes coming up so check it out on our website, which can be accessed easily through our linktr.ee link in our page description!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

02/22/2025

Hey gang! Today was cold! 😃

Once we build our compost bins, the internal temperature gets to 160F. For anyone with the question “is it hot enough to heat up a can of beans?”, the answer for you is yes, it sure is.

What makes it so hot is the community of thermophiles that does a majority of breaking down food waste during the composting process. We feed the life that converts waste into nutrients with both green (nitrogen) and brown (carbon).

02/15/2025

What y’all know about composting? ☝🏻😮‍💨

We chop bigger food waste to encourage an environment for mesophiles and thermophiles to thrive during the composting process. 🤩

02/14/2025

CommonWealth Urban Farms hosts and participates in community composting every Saturday from 9 am to noon, rain or shine. Our volunteers use locally sourced food waste to build up pallet bin compost piles, as well as perform other garden maintenance-related tasks. At the end of every session, we all come together and share announcements, talk about community organizing, and show up for each other in the ways that we can. We hope that you too join us!

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below and our linktr.ee in our profile description.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

02/06/2025

CommonWealth Urban Farms invites you to attend our garden school classes from March to October. Our mission is to share our expertise and cultivate a community that learns together how to grow nourishing food while nurturing the systems that sustain us. Come join this journey toward sustainable living and reconnecting with nature!

Stay tuned for the 2025 Garden School Schedule. 🫶

🌱 To make all this possible, the CommonWealth community depends on collective efforts and support. If you wish to contribute to our journey and goals of equipping urban gardeners while fostering connections among neighbors, please check out our Patreon link below.

🌿 http://www.patreon.com/commonwealthurbanfarms 🌻

02/01/2025

From the Living Traditions event today at the ! Thank you so much for everyone who came to support and learn from our friends. 🫡 It’s an honor to have the opportunity to build community together with you.

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