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Taking the Reins Urban Garden

A quarter-acre urban garden and animal-husbandry learning space along the Los Angeles River, where girls learn organic food growing, nutrition, environmental stewardship and farm skills through hands-on youth programs. PlotPal lists Taking the Reins Urban Garden as a teaching garden in Atwater Village / LA River, Los Angeles. The public listing address is 4004 Verdant Street, Los Angeles, CA 90039. The listed steward organization is Taking the Reins. Verified participation information currently includes visit, volunteer, education, events programs. The Seed-to-Skillet Urban Farming program teaches organic gardening, nutrition, environmental stewardship and animal husbandry. Taking the Reins also hosts community volunteer workdays and scheduled tours of its grounds and garden. Taking the Reins is a youth-program campus rather than an unrestricted public garden. Visits are available through scheduled tours, volunteer workdays and program participation. Current verified participation or information links include Schedule a tour, Urban garden volunteer workdays, Taking the Reins. PlotPal last verified source information from Taking the Reins — Urban Farming Program on 2026-10-04. This public place page keeps verified location and participation context connected to the garden itself, so people can discover the place first and follow its current source information when they are ready to visit or get involved.