School Yard Garden in Inner City DC

As mentioned in my previous update, we are planning on creating a garden greenhouse where our school yard garden used to be.  Plans are underway and construction should be starting soon.  There are many benfits to building the greenhouse and we can't wait to share photos of the completed project. 

After doing a bit of research we have found that the greenhouse will have a positive effect on our garden curriculum for the children in the daycare.  We can turn the garden into a year round project, increase the diversity of the plants, herbs, vegetables we can grow and keep out pesky bugs and rodents. 

Stayed tuned for photos of the greenhouse construction.

We have passed the half way mark to our goal for the Inner City Garden.  Over the past few years we have learned some best practices with what it takes to maintain a successful garden cultivated by our children in the daycare program.  Our first lesson learned is that we need to make the outside, inside.  How is this possible?  By building a green house!  The second lesson learned is the garden and our programs benefit the best when the community is involved.  This spring we are focused on building a green house with the help of generous donors like you and committed volunteers from our community.  We hope to have the green house ready for the big reveal by April. 

We will keep you posted on our progress!