The Institute of Urban Homesteading

The Institute of Urban Homesteading The Institute of Urban Homesteading is a homegrown folk school offering the best in Bay Area sustain

The Institute of Urban Homesteading is a small, local educational project based in Oakland, CA. We founded in response to current interest in food security, localization and self-determination, and are riding the wave of a massive global movement to change our relationship to food and resources. Necessary components of this movement are small-scale person-to-person, person-to-land based projects.

IUH seeks to fill this need and to model sustainable, local direct-action through education. We intend to conserve both personal and global resources by staying home and tending the garden.

Organic Gardening for all! Whether you have a patio a couple raised beds or a big open backyard this class will prepar...
03/31/2026

Organic Gardening for all! Whether you have a patio a couple raised beds or a big open backyard this class will prepare you to grow your own urban veggies garden!

This intensive in-person day -long course will introduce you to the essentials of organic gardening. Organic Gardening starts with healthy living soil and the gardener’s adage is “feed the soil, not the plant” We’ll learn about soil structure and soil types and the very important role that l...

Join K.Ruby & the Institute of Urban Homesteading December 13 2025 in Berkeley!
12/01/2025

Join K.Ruby & the Institute of Urban Homesteading December 13 2025 in Berkeley!

03/10/2024
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12/16/2023

All ready for tomorrow

Packing up and getting ready to roll! Hope to see you this weekend! I still need a volunteer for Saturday afternoon.Sa...
12/13/2023

Packing up and getting ready to roll! Hope to see you this weekend! I still need a volunteer for Saturday afternoon.

Saturday Dec 16 12-4
Sunday Dec 17 12-3
Mariposa Grove
828 59th Street Oakland

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Oakland, CA
94608

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+15109273252

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