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Save the Date for GROWING GREEN

Join us for an afternoon of family &
child-friendly activities, workshops,
and getting dirty at the
Washington Youth Garden.

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Join us for Growing Food...Growing Together 2009

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Our Growing Food...Growing Together program begins May 2, 2009. This fifteen week program takes place in the Washington Youth Garden every Saturday morning. Families will come together to tend communal vegetable and herb plots, gain gardening skills and knowledge, and learn how to use and celebrate healthy food through cooking demonstrations.

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Spring 09: Building School Gardens

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In 2009, we not only brought eight weeks of environmental science and nutrition lessons to the third and fourth grade classrooms in our participating schools, but we added a new element to our Garden Science program: a focus on bringing gardening to the schools!

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Washington Youth Garden Releases Cookbook

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The Washington Youth Garden has released a brand new cookbook filled with delicious recipes emphasizing garden produce.  

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volunteer spotlight

DC Master Gardeners

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One lovely aspect of the Master Gardener program at UDC's Cooperative Extension is the requirement to give back to the community by volunteering new-found gardening expertise to local gardens.  More...


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