from the garden

Archive for November, 2008

The Dare Family Garden

Last Sunday was a clear warm November day. It could not have been a more enjoyable day to meet the Dare family at June Jordan to break ground for their first garden plot at the school site. The Dare family has joined Urban Sprouts in the multicultural garden project and planted a winter garden of [...]

November 20, 2008   Posted in: family, local food, parent, school garden  Comments Closed

Permaculture & Pears at ISA

I just got back from an inspiring morning at Mary Ann’s Gardening Seminar at International Studies Academy (ISA). This class is 90 minutes all devoted to gardening! Today, students read an article on the importance of Compost, and wrote a short essay in response. Then, they went outside and worked on three projects in their [...]

November 19, 2008   Posted in: compost, design, school garden  3 Comments

Omelette, anyone?

I am VERY excited to report that our lovely chickens at June Jordan School for Equity have laid their first eggs! The students have collected almost a dozen eggs by now, since Ms. Sarah’s class found the first one about a week and a half ago. We fried some of the eggs last week, chopped [...]

November 13, 2008   Posted in: chickens, school garden  Comments Closed

JJSE Parent Garden

Urban Sprouts is excited to be working with parent groups at their schools. While our programming is effective with youth at school, it is strengthened when parents and families also grow their own food. This year we are looking forward to working with families to develop culturally specific gardens that reflect the rich food heritage [...]

November 4, 2008   Posted in: culture, family, local food, parent, school garden  One Comment