» Thornhill Farm http://adaptivegardens.org Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Spring is here! Get moving… http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens/spring-is-here-get-moving http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens/spring-is-here-get-moving#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:26:28 +0000 admin http://adaptivegardens.org/?p=467 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 ]]> http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens/spring-is-here-get-moving/feed 0 It’s cold out there! http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens-garden/its-cold-out-there http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens-garden/its-cold-out-there#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:24:02 +0000 admin http://adaptivegardens.org/?p=340 The students of Adaptive Gardens of the Lowcountry have been bundling up and braving the cold!  We have been weeding and gathering our winter harvest; lettuce, collards  and kale, all for sale in the Our Local Foods Farm Store.  The cold weather did keep us inside some, where we have perfected our Seed Paper!  We have made lots of spring lettuce Seed Paper and had lots of fun doing it!  Please come by the Farm Store and check it out!  The seed paper is easy to use and will make starting all those tiny seeds a cinch!

Harvesting greens in the Adaptive Garden

Harvesting greens in the Adaptive Garden

Making seed paper

Making seed paper

See you in the gardens!


Catherine McGuinn

Program Director of Adaptive Gardens of the Low country ]]> http://adaptivegardens.org/adaptivegardens-garden/its-cold-out-there/feed 0