-Courtesy Art Liberman

After a wonderfully successful year, it has come to an end.  We have been doing lots of weeding in the last week, but it didn’t go without a reward!  As a special treat the kids learned how to make dirt.  No, not making soil (they have been doing that all year), but “dirt”.  They mixed chocolate pudding, chocolate ginger snaps & gummy worms to make “dirt” they were allowed to eat.  It was a fun, end-of-year activity for everyone!

As the students weeded in their last week before the summer, they were able to see the progress of of all the plants they started from seed.  Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, zucchini, rainbow chard, broccoli, kale and luffa in the vegetable garden.  The poppies and chamomile were in full bloom for them to see.

We will miss everyone during the summer, but hope everyone has lots of fun.  Although we won’t be seeing our normal classes, Catherine has set up horticultural therapy outreach programs with Windwood Farm, Georgetown Disabilities and City of Charleston’s Alternative Recreation Department.  For those that can’t make it to the farm, we will go to them!

There will be lots of new faces & new gardens & lots of room to grow!