Spring is here and it’s time to get moving!  The Adaptive Gardens class have been busy!  Gardening can be very physical, which is great for young bodies (and old)!  As part of the special education programs, the students that join us at Thornhill Farm have Individual Education Plans (IEP’s).  These IEP’s describe the skills that each individual student is learning to master.  While many of these skills involve fine motor movements and vocational training, something we focus a lot on out here at the farm.  Every students is encouraged to learn a recreational activity that will increase their gross motor skills and use those large muscle groups.  In short, get moving!  Which is exactly what we have been doing this week.  Hoeing and weeding, bending and planting, pushing and pulling; moving our bodies and enjoying the beautiful rewards!

Spring in the garden
If you want to come and get moving with us email me at catherine@adaptivegardens.org.  Also, if you or anyone you know is interested in Horticultural Therapy, I am teaching a class for the Charleston Horticultural Society on April 10th.  For more information contact Leslie Brady at http://www.charlestonhorticulturalsociety.org/ .

And, Don’t forget about the two plant sales that AGL will be participating in on April 24th! We hope to see you at Fam Jam at the Charleston Children’s Museum, downtown on April 24th, and/ or Plantasia, with the Charleston Horticultural Society, also on April 24th!  So on April 24th you have two Fabulous Family Fun locations to support Adaptive Gardens of the Low country and get everything you need for your Spring vegetable garden!

Lastly, our very own Adaptive Gardens Organic Potting Soil Mix is also for sale! Look for it at the Our Local Foods Farm Store and Sweetgrass Hardware, too!

Can't wait to see you in the gardens!

Catherine McGuinn

Horticultural Therapist and Program Director of Adaptive Gardens of the Low country