Growing Together: FitKids Families and HOPE Gardens Wednesday Evenings
by Kathy Bego Illuminated by the glinting early evening sun, teenage participants in FitKids and their families planted ten raised garden beds in UCOM’s community garden at Marquette Park this week. From late May through early August, families from FitKids will join HOPE Gardens staff on Wednesday nights to garden together. Each Wednesday evening begins […]
Growing Green: Teaching Kids the Value of Garden Produce through Fun and Games
by Kathy Bego, Garden Educator During our April classes, kids engaged in well-designed “Fun and Games” to learn that the vegetables they grow in their school gardens are worth money! A short slide deck introduced the monetary value of produce by featuring shots of an abundant school garden harvest and a grocery store flier.A clip […]
Planting and Caring for Squash Varieties
13 Tips for Planting and Growing Great Squash in a Nature-Based Garden
Planting and Caring for Brasicas (such as broccoli, cabbage, kale, and cauliflower) in Your Garden
Planting and Caring for Garden Herbs
Cultivating herbs in a nature-based garden can be both enjoyable and beneficial. Here are 13 tips to help you plant and grow great herbs. By following these nature-based gardening practices, you can create a vibrant and productive herb garden that contributes to the health and biodiversity of your overall garden ecosystem.
Planting and Caring for Heirloom Peppers
13 Tips for Planting and Growing Great Heirloom Peppers in a Nature-Based Garden
Planting and Caring for Heirloom Tomatoes
13 best tips for planting and growing great tomatoes in a nature-based garden:
Winter Sowing!
Convert spring fever into spring seedlings with Winter Sowing! For “winter sowing”, we plant seeds in milk jugs or other semi-transparent plastic containers. Placed outside in January or February, these mini-greenhouses expose seeds to the cold temperatures that some wildflowers and other perennials need to experience before germinating. How about broccoli, kale, or dill? The […]
WZZM-13 On Your Side visits H.O.P.E. Gardens at Oriole Park Elementary
Our Programming…“helps them to see, now I can be a food grower,” H.O.P.E Gardens Lead Teacher Holly Smith stated during an interview with the WZZM 13 On Your Side television crew last week. “I can have a garden, I can encourage my family to have a garden. We can all grow food. Everybody can.” Echoing […]
Team 21 is Garden Planning!
At West Godwin, our team facilitated an engaging garden planning session for first and second-graders. Using creative materials like refried beans for soil, carrot sticks for fences, corn and black beans for seeds, shredded cheese for compost, and broccoli for plants, the students had a blast refining their planning skills while crafting miniature “gardens” that […]