On Saturday March 10, 2012 the Food Bank is holding an event to start the Raised Garden Bed Project at Schools. It will be held at the Visitor Center Auditorium at Longwood Gardens from 10am to 11am. It will include seasonal gardening tips from Longwood’s Senior Gardener Harold Taylor and a tour of Longwood’s Production Greenhouse.
The fee of $5 per person will cover the event and includes a pot-a-plant for attendees to take home. You can register using this on-line form or call 610-388-5400.
For home school students Mavis (pictured center) and Wylie (on right), this project is what you call a snow day.
Mom Megan Bushnell, (left), got her family and another family involved in making this Model Raised Bed Garden using model clay and other supplies. Its amazing…these pictures do show the detail of the vegetables molded and colored exactly like carrots, squash, cabbage and zucchini. Plus, the ground is authentic Chester County sheep wool. The project was designed and created by: Megan Bushnell, Kelly Dillon, Laura Florence, Mavis Florence-Bushnell, Wylie Florence-Bushnell and Eva Rutledge.
The model garden will be used at speaking engagements to illustrate the ways our Raised Bed Gardens are popping up all over Chester County. Real Garden beds are tended to by volunteers who plant and harvest the food for local food pantries. It’s a great way to help feed the hungry in our area and get involved with gardening.
Want to know more? Contact Program Manager Phoebe Kitson at the Food Bank.
pkitson@chestercountyfoodbank.org
The Chester County Food Bank helped build the Nancy Hollywood Community Garden & Wellness Center at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Exton, Pa. In their first year, the garden volunteers provided 330 pounds of vegetables to the food bank. They are hoping to win a PEPSI REFRESH grant by asking people to visit this website and VOTE!
The work at the center is amazing; they offer education on the value of nutritional food as well as raised garden beds that encourage community service opportunities to individuals, groups and companies.
Visit their website to learn more: www.we-grow-hope.org
A West Chester Family made a heavy donation to the Food Bank. Here is their story about growing potatoes for our families in need during the Thanksgiving season this year:
