Photo Gallery: Three Sisters Gardens Spring Skills Share

    A sign encourages visitors to take home transplanted veggie plantsWEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (March 21, 2026) – Community members gathered at Three Sisters Garden for the March Spring Skills Share, a free monthly event focused on gardening and community building.

    In a day filled with laughter and curiosity, attendees gained hands-on experience turning beds and learned about irrigation, harvesting, regenerative agriculture practices and transplanting.

    Participants learned how to plant cabbage and pot Yellowfin and Dunja squash. They also saw how the farm prepares cabbage and took home fresh vegetables.

    Gloves were available, but most people were excited to dig into the soil with bare hands.

    Three Sisters Garden, founded by Alfred Melbourne, is a nonprofit urban farm program that transforms vacant lots into productive farms. The organization promotes sustainability, knowledge sharing and food access, with a goal of removing barriers to growing fresh food.

    The event is part of a Skills Share series that runs through June.

    Photos and article by Jada Portillo/Delta Protection Commission

    A woman with a small seedling in her hand
    Volunteers planting seedlings
    Four people handling seedlings
    A woman with a small fluffy dog examines garden plants
    A woman plants seedlings
    Men shovel soil in a garden
    People leave a garden single file to head to lunch
    Lunch laid out on paper plates
    People chatting over lunch
    Women choosing vegetables from baskets
    A sign urging people to take home transplants
    A sign for a community garden, tied to a container painted with a vivid mural of fruits and vegetables.