On Saturday, September 8th, 2012, Starbucks employees, and teens from Washington High School came out to help CommunityGrows get Rosa Parks Elementary School gardens ready for the fall semester. ...
Category: Rosa Parks Elementary School
American Community Garden Association Visit
On Saturday, August 11,2012, we had a workday at Koshland Park where we were honored to host the National Conference of the American Community Garden Association. Starbucks employees were there...
CommunityGrows to be Feature at the ACGA
This coming Saturday, August 11th the American Community Garden Association (ACGA) will be in town in the midst of their four day national conference. They will be offering tours throughout the...
Seed, Water, Grow
On a pleasant afternoon in June, Nora Brereton took some of the Rosa Parks students into their upper garden to plant seeds, water and have fun. Everyone was thrilled to get involved. Water...
Caterpillars and Salads at Rosa Parks Elementary School
We have been busy at Rosa Parks this year helping to build a mural in the lower garden with the help of parents and staff. The caterpillar included tiles painted by many families who donated to...
Rosa Parks Fundraiser highlights gardens
On September 24th Rosa Parks was a flurry of excitement. It seemed like every student and their parents came out for a great day of activities to support the school. There were games, crafts,...
Rosa Parks Elementary Garden Classes
CommunityGrows has been assisting Rosa Parks Elementary School with their new garden education program which started up this fall 2010. Nora Brereton, Programs Manager and Environmental...
New Garden at Rosa Parks Elementary School!
On April 21, 2010 Nora Brereton and Barbara Wenger, both staff of CommunityGrows, met with Rosa Parks Elementary School Garden Team to discuss starting a new garden on the school site. What a...