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'Grow Anywhere Tour' - Goes to Washington

Burpee Home Gardens — Thu, 16 May 2013 03:48:14 +0600

We're making a difference in schools across the country on our “Grow Anywhere Tour,” so it's very appropriate to be reaching the nation's capitol on a fine spring day. We vote for fresh healthy food!

Our destination event is Friendship Tech Prep Academy in southeast Washington,....

'Grow Anywhere Tour' - Cleveland Community Caring

Burpee Home Gardens — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:33 +0600

Hello from Cleveland, Ohio! It was another frigid morning on the “Grow Anywhere Tour,” as many across the U.S. probably have experience lately. That being said, we couldn’t complain about how the event at Watterson-Lake Elementary School went.

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‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – Feeling Good in Flint

Burpee Home Gardens — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:31:01 +0600

Flint, Michigan is a city in transition, making this an important stop for the Burpee truck and the “Grow Anywhere Tour.” Our destination was Durant Tuuri Mott Elementary, the winner of our Michigan Facebook vote-off this year.

When we rolled....

‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – Chicago Knows How To Grow

Burpee Home Gardens — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:47:06 +0600

By this time the "Grow Anywhere Tour" has traveled coast to coast, but it all began with our kick-off in our hometown of West Chicago, Illinois. So it was especially satisfying to see the excitement from folks at

Woke up to a beautiful, perfectly sunny day and the Burpee truck headed to Menards in Franklin, Wisconsin, to visit our retail friends and mingle with spring shoppers. The associates at Menards were very nice and helpful as we set up our Burpee Home Gardens display. The excitement for spring planting was everywhere!

We....

‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – All Systems Go for Good Food

Burpee Home Gardens — Sat, 4 May 2013 03:26:08 +0600

The forecast called for snow, but the Burpee truck rolled on! We didn’t want to disappoint the students and community of Farnsworth Aerospace K-8 Magnet School in St. Paul Minnesota, our winning school for the Grow Anywhere Tour in....

'Grow Anywhere Tour' - Helping Iowa Eat Healthy

Burpee Home Gardens — Fri, 3 May 2013 08:44:23 +0600

After our rainy Saturday in Kansas City, we decided to head North into the sunshine. The Grow Anywhere Tour hit the road and made its way to Des Moines on Monday. It was a great drive and we saw vast expanses of farmland through Missouri and Iowa. It looks like the Midwest is ready to grow! We made it to Des Moines in good time and had a chance to do some sightseeing. We even passed John Wayne....

‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – Going to Kansas City

Burpee Home Gardens — Wed, 1 May 2013 07:38:25 +0600

After a long drive across the plains of Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas The #BurpeeTruck made it into the Kansas City region on Friday night. It was time to prepare for our stop at Briarcliff Elementary in the morning.....

‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – A Day in Denver

Burpee Home Gardens — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:32:39 +0600

Today’s event was a blast! First, the #BurpeeTruck picked up 500 healthy vegetable plants at Gulley Greenhouses in Fort Collins. They supplied a good variety of tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers from Burpee’s BOOST Collection.....

‘Grow Anywhere Tour’ – Warming Up to Salt Lake City

Burpee Home Gardens — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:57:09 +0600

Happy Earth Day! Today was indeed a fantastic one. We started out bright and early at the ABC studios in downtown Salt Lake City to film a segment on Good Morning Utah. We were interviewed about the Grow Anywhere Tour and were asked to offer special gardening tips. At the end of the segment, ABC advertised the time and place where....