This summer we’ve had students, parents and teachers help maintain the garden, which was not an easy task with the extreme heat and dry weather we’ve experienced over the hot summer break. We’ve welcomed people from the neighborhood who stroll through the garden, joggers that pass by on their way to the park,....

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With the help of Burpee Home Gardens, Kid Power Inc. has been outside getting our hands dirty as our students learn about zucchini, watermelon, basil, and even stevia to name a few! Kid Power is an after school program in Washington, D.C. that offers academic, artistic, nutritional and service learning opportunities for under-served youth throughout the District of....

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Community gardens are popping up across the country, and we couldn’t be happier! For instance, you’ll find Burpee Home Gardens vegetables growing in a city garden near Boston this season. Some of our Tomato, Pepper and Basil plants are part of a local human services organization that installed raised veggie garden beds for residential treatment programs....

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The students at Robles Elementary School are well on their way to harvesting and eating the fruits of their labor. This Tampa, Florida school garden is growing beautifully with tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, beans, watermelon and more! Robles is a proud recipient of our 2011 "I Can Grow" Youth Garden Award.

In this video below, Robles student....

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Luckily the weather has held out and the garden is IN. Even though there were a couple of nights of frost a week or two ago, our plants have survived, thanks to the man of the house covering the troops up with tarps. Whew.

Thanks to Burpee Home Gardens, we are gardening in style this year. We have good-looking plants we didn’t have to start from SEED!....

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