This past Monday, June 22, Bob Cronkleton, a multimedia reporter for the Kansas City Star, visited us at the Fairview Christian Church to report on the Garden ‘N Grow Program. On Wednesday, the story appeared on the front page of the Northland section of the Star. The video “Ready, Set, Grow, Eat” is available for viewing on the Star website, as well.
The program has been running since May 27. It is held every Monday and Wednesday from 9:00-11:00 am. There are a few key Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City that have been instrumental in putting all of this together, including Cass Sullivan (pictured in the article) and Fred Deckman, among others. Our resident farmer is Jeff Hunter who graduated from the Growing Growers program last year. He and his wife Stacey have been operating a market garden on the church’s property for 3 years now. We are officially having a great time with these kids and hope to see more of these programs in future years.
I think the Garden 'n Grow program is a great idea. How great that the kids are gaining practical skills and real-life learning. Hopefully more kids will be interested next summer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful program! It is so great to see the kids involved and really enjoying themselves.
ReplyDeleteHey, that looked like a lot of fun. Hopefully in the future, more families will take advantage of the program!!
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