Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry’s Horticultural Therapy classes have been such a success!  We have four mornings of classes, one for each of the three high schools (Wando High School, Georgetown High School and Lincoln High School) and the students at the Windwood Farms school and group home. That is a total of almost

Students working the garden

Students working the garden

70 students with special needs coming out to the Adaptive Garden on Thornhill Farm!  We are teaching a lot of Horticulture and having a good time doing it!

We are so grateful to our for-profit partner, Our Local Foods, for making this program possible.  We like to give back to them as much as we can as well as to be as self sufficient as possible.  So, we created a whole line of AGL Cottage Industry products grown right in our very own Adaptive Garden to share with OLF and to provide you a tangible way of supporting us!   Our product line includes:

  • organic soil mix
  • herbal soaps
  • herb starts for your garden
  • coming soon – Germination paper!
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The Farm Store at Our Local Foods

We are getting our very own organic soil mix tested as we speak!  This mix is so full of vitality you can smell it!  Look for our AGL label at your local garden store or swing by the Our Local Foods Farm Store and pick some up. While your here you can grab a variety of herb starts from our greenhouse which will be in full swing this Spring! One thing you might want to purchase on line is a few packages of our herbal and luffa soaps! They are in high demand at the OLF Farm Store! Come on out and see all the varieties we make or grab some online, they are going fast! We are still perfecting our papermaking skills, but we promise that our line of Germination Paper will be ready long before you start planning your spring garden. We have been experimenting with wildflower seeds we dried from our garden last spring. Maybe when you come by the store you can check up on our progress! With all these great students coming out every day, there is no shortage of helping hands! It may not be perfect yet, but we are having a lot of fun trying!

Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about our the Gourdous suprises we are making for Our Local Foods Farm Store. You really must come see.  You’ll be out of your gourd if you don’t love them!

See you in the garden!

Catherine McGuinn

Horticultural Therapist and Program Director Adaptive Gardens