Spring Sign Up for our Vegetable Session!

We are now accepting sign ups for our Spring Vegetable Session. This group of kids will be working outside and in our greenhouse. We will be planting early or "cool" season vegetables. We have a community garden that we built in the spring of 2013 and it will be available for the kids to plant their seeds/seedlings. We are working with a...

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What's Growing On Recognized by Garden.Org

I was excited this morning to learn that Garden.Org recognized me from spreading the word about their non-profit organization. Nicole from Gardening With Kids emailed me and informed me that I was selected to receive this eco-friendly planter. How awesome is that? Gardening with children is a passion of mine and it is nice to know that...

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Feeding Snacking Children the Right Way

My four kids are always wanting something to snack, snack, snack. We always have our three square meals a day, but they always seem to be hungry. Also, we have a teenager, and let me tell you- he can eat! After learning a little bit about nutrition, I found out that sweet, sugary snacks fill you up and then burn off fast. This is what makes...

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Spring Flower Session Sign Up

Here is our first sign up for the What's Growing On club for the Spring Flower session. During this session the kids will be able to plant flowers in a hanging basket to take home. This session will be ornamental and allow the kids to get their hands a little dirty and start working with plants. During the session they will learn about...

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Fall Pumpkin Harvest

Looking for ideas to use up those pumpkins from your harvest this year? I am thinking chips and dip in a fun, decorative way. The kids will love it! This year I threw a Halloween party for my kids and needed ideas for the food. With the help of Pinterest I found loads of things to do. One thing I chose to do was make a dip holder from...

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