Garden Drop-In begins!

Every Monday from 2:00 - 3:30, the Garden will be open for volunteer drop-in time. This is a great opportunity for families, friends and neighbors to come help out and get your hands dirty! We will have activities such as planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, cooking and doing art projects. If you would like more information, please contact the Garden Coordinator, Caitlin Rogers, at crogers[at]citysprouts.org

Planting beans, marigolds and some purple pansies

Today we had a great "Little Sprouts" class with the Community School program. 10 students joined us on a wet but warmish afternoon. We started by planting beans and marigolds in a pattern (bean, marigold, marigold, bean) in long planter trays, sitting outside but underneath the school entrance area to avoid the rain. Then it looked a bit brighter so we walked around back to the Garden where friends planted more marigolds and some purple pansies, watered the new plantings, and also listened to a great gardening tale from the Frog and Toad stories - the one where Toad yells at his seeds to grow! We didn't have to do any yelling - everything is growing really well in the Kennedy Longfellow garden. Next week we hope to make some planters and see plant two Clematis vines that will be beautiful in the summertime.

About this Blog

The Kennedy Longfellow School Garden is coordinated by CitySprouts, a year-round garden program in Cambridge, MA that partners with teachers and other educators to develop and utilize outdoor classrooms in 10 public schoolyards.

Welcome to the Kennedy Longfellow Garden Blog

We're excited to see the Kennedy Longfellow CitySprouts Garden bloom this year. Stay tuned to this blog for lots of updates from the garden, sponsored by CitySprouts!