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October 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

The mayor, the schools chancellor, the head of the city’s department of the environment–even WRC-TV’s political reporter, Tom Sherwood–anybody who’s anybody it seems was at yesterday’s kickoff to the first-ever D.C. School Garden Week. Gardens are important not only to teach kids that there’s a big wide world of nature outside the concrete confines of […]

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Schoolyard Greening

September 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Last year after building a big container garden at my daughter’s charter school I got involved with a group called D.C. Schoolyard Greening. The organization, composed of several non-profit and government entities, is doing great things to promote gardens in D.C. schools as resources for learning, recreation and nutrition. This year for the first time, […]