Garden Maintenance Mondays

On Mondays, the Education Department has been doing maintenance at our school gardens. This December before it got too cold, we worked at Harriet Tubman School Garden.

We harvested sweet potatoes- it was Shahira's first time harvesting them.

We also harvested some gorgeous parsley from our herb bed.

We did some heavy lifting too,  moving rocks to form a border in part of the garden! Check out the before and after pictures.

Before!

After!

Potatoes interns planted over the summer and the beautiful bounty we harvested.

Tri-color potato salad- anyone?

Garden Celebration 2015

Harriet Tubman Elementary School had their yearly garden celebration! 

 We celebrated the student's hard-work and the garden's spring bounty this past June.

 The day was a success- we had 195 teachers and students come out and enjoy the garden. 

 Ms. Rodriguez's 5th grade class cheesing for the camera.

We had a scavenger hunt to find where different fruits/vegetables were growing in the garden, banner signing which we hope to display in the cafeteria and produce tasting. We tasted peas and had a kale/lettuce salad from the garden.






And we had popcorn and watermelon which we bought but we have growing in the garden.

There was a farm stand with produce from the garden at the end of the day after dismissal and we met many parents. We want to continue to have a farm stand once a week during the summer to engage the community around the school.

  Farm-stand all set up!

Welcome to the garden.

Some of our Board Members visited.

What was the secret scavenger hunt message?

Lettuce (Let us), Turnip (Turn-up), the Beet (Beat)! 

Central Ward Councilwoman's, Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, Chief of Staff, Larry Brown, stopped by and met/took a picture with Ms. Bruno's second grade class. 

Did you know!?

 Larry Brown and his children attended Harriet Tubman School.

 Teachers and 

students took home a plant. 

Below is our fearless education staff (a big thank you to all you for making this day a success):

 Sabrinah, our Director of Education

 Sarah, our plant guru

 Jamie, our Food Corps member

 Megan, our Nutrition Instructor

 Roqi, our college mentor

 Shahira, our Outdoor Learning Center Manager and our mascot, her daughter Nayeli

 And me, Erin, Education Program Coordinator.

Thank you to the teachers, staff, and students of Harriet Tubman Elementary school for great year. See you in September.

We havested the largest radish known to man!

Happy Gardening!!! Till next year's celebration :)