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Friday, April 13, 2012

Burpee shares garden pride on Pinterest
Burpee Home Gardens | 3 Comments
 

Burpee Gardens is on Pinterest

Like many of you out there, rain or shine, we are proud of our gardens. Even with unpredictable weather, dirt under our nails and sweat on our brow, we can’t think of anything better than digging into the garden.

Our unwavering love for everything....

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Tagged: community sharing in Social Gardening



Friday, January 13, 2012

Growing a community
West End IB World School | 1 Comments
 

We have truly enjoyed our school garden and the wonderfully fresh and flavorful vegetables and herbs it has produced! Shortly after the start of the new school year, we held a family picnic. Everyone was asked to bring a dish.

With the help of our resident gardener, mom, and chef extraordinaire, Melissa Hall, the Garden Club made a tasty recipe to share:
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Tagged: basil community harvest herbs kids nutrition party recipes sharing tomatoes vegetables youth gardens in ‘I Can Grow’ Eating Well Gardening News Social Gardening



Monday, December 05, 2011

A feast of Thanksgiving
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Each year Kid Power hosts a Thanksgiving dinner for our students and their families and also sends home all the ingredients for a feast for some our neediest families. This year we were proud to serve several dishes at our feast prepared with vegetables from our gardens, as well as send fresh vegetables home to our families to prepare in their own feasts.


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Tagged: beans community harvest kids party sharing vegetables youth gardens in ‘I Can Grow’ Eating Well Social Gardening



Friday, October 21, 2011

Service through gardening
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As September came to a close, Kid Power celebrated the arrival of Autumn by participating in DC Public School’s “School Garden Week.” We had events planned at six of our sites such as a veggie scavenger hunt, making new signs for our gardens and scoping out sites for new gardens. Our students had a fantastic time and their signs and activities were....

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Tagged: city community involvement kids neighbors party pests sharing urban youth gardens in ‘I Can Grow’ Gardening News Social Gardening



Wednesday, October 05, 2011

This garden visitor has decided to stay
West End IB World School | Post a comment
 

This 8-legged visitor has decided to stay

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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Tagged: community kids neighbors raised beds youth gardens in ‘I Can Grow’ Gardening News Social Gardening



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