What an adventure this experience has been. I've had so much fun learning about all the different types of vegetables and plants! My son loved the kids cooking class! It was a joy watching him do something he loves and learn more about the foods he likes to cook. This...
This year marks the beginning of a concerted effort on our part to make a truly productive family garden.
Gardening is important to me and my family because it helps us know where most of our produce comes from.
Rosie and ARC&D’s Build-It-Up program provide a wealth of information for both inexperienced and experienced home gardeners. Each time I look for the answer to a question in the workshop materials, I learn several new things I missed earlier. In addition to the...
My love of gardening, nature, and Earth stewardship began as soon as I was old enough to sit up in the grass and investigate the diverse plants at my fingertips. I was born disabled and have never had access to nature in a way that fulfills my need to listen to the...
Another summer has come to an end, it is always sad to see it go but there really is something inviting about the crisp fall air and the change of the seasons. This has completed my second year in the BIU Garden Program and I am so thankful to have been a part of it!...
This is our second year gardening as a family. The kids planted the flowers we grew this year - sunflowers, four o clocks, marigolds, nasturtiums, cosmos and amaranth - that we have gifted to friends and neighbors. It also made for a great pollinator garden and we...
As second year members of the Build It Up program, we have continued to grow our garden and our knowledge. The first year, we had to overcome starting out a garden, learning how to grow food and when to cultivate it. We weren’t always successful, but we learned a lot...
This was our first year with the Build it Up program! We had tried gardening in years past but to no avail! It has been wonderful to have classes with fellow gardeners in our area who understand the weather and the soil right where we live! The classes were so...
This is my first year in the Build It Up backyard gardening program; it also happens to be my first year gardening (fruit & veg) period. I started at absolute zero – no experience, no talent, no tools, no plan, no garden… nothing. I described my level of...