Entries Tagged as 'school gardens'
They were putting the finishing touches on the new garden at Stoddert Elementary School garden Friday, primarily this “stick art” sculpture at the entrance. Not every school garden gets this kind of treatment for sure. A lot of planning and care went into this garden. Here you can see some of the new garden beds, […]
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Months of planning resulted in a new garden at my daughter’s elementary school yesterday as parents, teachers and kids all pitched in to dig beds, haul compost and spread wood chips. The masterminds behind construction of the Stoddert Elmentary School garden in Glover Park are two women who live in the neighborhood–Lauren Biel and Sarah […]
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This year activities around our local farm to school network and school gardens fall on the same week. First, a work from Andrea Northup, coordinator of the D.C. Farm to School Network: Imagine a D.C. schoolchild travels to a farm in Maryland and harvests green, leafy kale with his classmates. The students take the kale […]
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