Welcome!

The garden was once a cement courtyard in a Cambridge public school building, shared by the Martin Luther King Jr. and Amigos schools. In August of 2006, construction began. The cement was lifted out with cranes, and volunteers from both schools wheelbarrowed truckloads of loam into the transforming space.

Today the garden is a vibrant outdoor classroom that directly supports teachers' curriculum. During volunteer drop-ins, students and their families share in garden maintenance, overseeing the entire growing cycle from seed to compost.

Thank you for your interest!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Summer Internship Recap


During the summer we hired 8 middle school students to intern in the garden with us for 4 weeks. The interns learned about growing food, cooking, nutrition, identifying plants & insects, food safety issues and of course how to care for a garden! We went on field trips to Community Servings in JP, Gaining Ground Farm in Concord, and the Food Project in Roxbury. We also worked with the Urban Ecology Institute weekly and had access to their wonderful knowledge and tools. Overall, it was a great success and a lot of fun!
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Cambridge Chronicle Article



The Chronicle published an article about CitySprouts gardens on September 29, 2009. The article profiles the Amigos school and interviews two of our teachers!

Click on the link:
How does your garden grow? Garden program spreads through Cambridge Public Schools."
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Garden Update

Hello again! In spite of our absence from the blogosphere, the King/Amigos garden has been tremendously busy over the past year! The current garden coordinators are Francey Hart for the M.L. King and Caitlin Rogers for Amigos. Here are a few photos to show you what we've been up to from April - November, 2009.
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