It started with a simple question at a meeting at the start of 2016. Katie Pandolfo, the general manager of StubHub Center, asked chief engineer Gary Wilson if the LA Galaxy's home venue could have a garden. When he answered yes, Pandolfo tacked on another question: “Can we have a greenhouse?”
From that initial conversation, so much has literally grown at StubHub, where previously underutilized portions of the 126-acre grounds have blossomed into small-scale urban farm tended by AEG employees -- and even Galaxy players, too. The setup includes a one-acre garden with raised planters, a greenhouse that’s been used for seedlings, a chicken coop providing fresh eggs, and an apiary providing a home for bees that found their way onto the property.