SF Refresh: April 16th

SF Refresh is six daylong citywide events that enable San Franciscans to receive free whole body care in community garden settings in 2011.

Activities include: gardening classes, yoga, life coaching, meditation, trauma care, nutrition classes, massage, acupuncture, movement classes, preventative health care information and even bicycle-powered smoothies.

The next SF Refresh 2011 days come on these Saturdays: April 16, May 21, July 24, August 20, September 25 and October 15.
>> Complete 2011 SF Refresh Schedule

The first SF Refresh event is on Saturday April 16 and is centered in gardens just West of Civic Center. There are nearly 80 free events and activities which take place at Hayes Valley Farm off Laguna Street, at The Free Farm in the Wester Addition and Growing Homes Community Garden in Hayes Valley.

April 16th SF Refresh: Highlights
>> Full schedule for April 16, 2011

Hayes Valley Farm — 450 Laguna Street, San Francisco, CA

9:45am – 5pm | (Last Fifteen Minutes of Every Hour) Parachute Play: Have fun like you’re a kid again. Play with our parachute.
11am – 12pm | Be Red Cross Ready (Disaster Preparedness)
11:30 am – 2pm | Chair massages with Amy Hintze
12pm – 1 pm | Free Lunch
2pm – 3pm | Zen Meditation with Shannon Stewart
3pm – 5pm | See and Learn about Goats – City Grazing

The Free Farm — Gough Street & Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA

12pm – 1 pm | Free Vegan Lunch
1pm – 2pm | Yoga for Kids with Linda Leu
4pm – 5pm | All Levels Yoga (Flow Style) with Linda Leu
4pm – 5pm | Planting and Potting Mindfulness – Tree
5pm – 5:30pm | Earth Healing Meditation – Melissa Lareau
8pm – 9pm | Stargazing – Pancho

Growing Homes Community Garden — Gough Street & Eddy Street, San Francisco, CA

12pm – 1pm | Bicycle Powered Smoothies
1pm – 2pm | Writing Workshop – Rachel Cassandra and Jimmy Defebaugh of the Revel Art Collective
3pm – 4pm | Irrigation and Drip System Skill Share
4pm – 5pm | Harp Therapy – Jack Pantaleo