In 2010, the Burpee Home Gardens team was excited to share the rewards of vegetable gardening to a selection of youth and public gardening programs across the United States. We felt honored to assist locations in Dallas (Promise of Peace), Denver....

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In June the Burpee Home Gardens team was honored to take part in the wonderful student gardens at the Academy for Global Citizenship in Chicago. Our addition of a time-out garden for students to gather their thoughts paired nicely with their bountiful raised garden beds of nutritious vegetables and herbs, and sustainable landscape, which the students tended as part of their curriculum.
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Tomato harvesting is upon us, and home vegetable gardeners (new and seasoned) are being inundated with their bounty! If you haven’t planned ahead with ready-to-go tomato recipes (and you’ve shared all you can with family and friends), check out this recent post from garden writer Jan Uebelherr of the Journal Sentinel in Milwaukee. From panzanella....

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A few weeks ago, I gave you some ideas about gardening with kids, and I mentioned that my daughter, who is 5, is an enthusiastic veggie gardener. While our garden this year did not live up to her (extremely grand) vision, she does love taking....

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A recent study of 1,300 teachers was commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society in the U.K. and found children in schools that encouraged gardening became more resilient, confident, and lived healthier lives. That is such wonderful news! I’m pretty sure deep down it’s something....

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