By Lee Dwyer | Lead Gardens Coordinator
The spring brought unpredictable weather, but also tasty growing veggies (especially lettuce), to our school gardens! Our 9 clubs at 8 different schools focused on "Healthy Eating" and gardening. Students learned about many different kinds of plants and parts of plants used in food, how different fruits, vegetables, and grains help our bodies grow strong, and how to make delicious, healthy snacks. Favorite lessons included "Leafy Greens" and "Honey & Maple Syrup". They also worked the soil, planted seeds and seedlings, and weeded and watered their growing gardens; 90% of club members said they liked gardening this spring, and 95% loved making snacks. Also this May, 5 students from our Healey School garden program and a Groundwork staff member were invited to help the First Lady harvest from the White House Kitchen Garden--an amazing opportunity!
Now that summer is here, a team of community volunteers--our Watering Heroes--help maintain our school gardens and South Street Farm, along with our Green Team of high school youth. In addition, we just kicked off our Garden Youth Crew program for middle school students; they'll learn gardening, teamwork, and job skills while completing projects at the Healey School and East Somerville School.
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