Just before Easter, our Green Interns got back into the garden at Park Spring Apartments and began to weed the garlic, dig in the winter rye cover crop planted last fall, and set out broccoli started for us by Liz Alakszay, our friendly Master Gardener.
It was hard work–but we dug it!  Click on the picture [...]

Our veteran Green Intern crew planted seedlings–tomatoes and peppers–for several area gardens on Saturday, April 2nd. Under the guidance of Liz Alakszay, we started plants which will eventually go into the Park Spring Apartments garden, the North Coventry Elementary School garden, and the Eagleview Senior Center garden. Liz Alakszay, ChesCo Master Gardener, guided us through [...]

On March 19th, our Green Intern group had a busy day with two separate activities. We sorted seeds of many different types which we had purchased in bulk into smaller packets for different gardens. Then we put together 12 bluebird houses and learned the why’s and wherefore’s of the ways in which birds benefit your [...]

On Friday, March 4th our Green Intern group gathered at the Park Spring Apartments  Community Room to meet and cook with Dr. Ana Negron. As always, it was a hands-on experience, and as we discussed the different kinds of foods, their sources, benefits, etc; we kept our hands busy preparing two really tasty recipes.
Oats and [...]

On February 17, forty-five individuals working actively in our region gathered to hear Triskeles present the results of the Food Organization and Opportunity Development project recently completed with funding from The Philadelphia Foundation. PASA, The Food Bank of Chester County, Southeastern PA Ag-Industry Partnership, funders, farmers, non-profit leaders–a really great group–gathered to listen, discuss, share [...]

Spring is coming!  While we’re waiting with anticipation and in preparation for this year’s growing season, Park Springs is building a hoop house in the garden to help with growing this season’s plants and veggies.
Why a hoop house?  Well quite simply, a hoop house will jump-start our growing season, making the garden able to produce [...]

A Gardening Educators Forum held at the beautiful Longwood Gardens on January 25th (Robert Burns birthday, for you Scots) turned into a great opportunity to share the interesting Food for Thought happenings with a group of 120 regional educators.
After a keynote address by educational strategist Caroline Lewis, who did a great job of highlighting key [...]