Field trip to Gaining Ground Farm

Today we lent a hand harvesting beans, cucumbers and blackberries at Gaining Ground Farm in Concord, MA. All of the produce is donated to meal programs, pantries and shelters. The land at Gaining Ground has been farmed for over 300 years and is known as the birthplace of Henry David Thoreau.

Our garden mid-summer

Cleaning off freshly harvested garlic!

Up close

Painted flower pots

Kiara working on her garden map

Eggplant flowering

Summer Internship Week One!

The 4-week summer program is off to a great start with 10 fabulous youth and a college intern from Boston College! Below is a group photo in the garden gathered around the pumpkin patch and a few shots from our field trip to First Church Homeless Shelter in Cambridge. More updates coming soon...

Science in the garden

On Tuesday the Amigos school held a Professional Development workshop for teachers focusing on science in the garden. The workshop was developed by the CPSD Science Department to train teachers in using the garden for certain science units. This signifies the first time CitySprouts has influenced Cambridge Public Schools curriculum in a district-wide fashion.


Pictured in front row: Caitlin Rogers, CitySprouts; Jane Hirschi, CitySprouts; Jamillah Bakr, Science Department; Francey Slater, CitySprouts; Lisa Scolaro, Science Department
Back row: Marianne Dunne, Science Department; Dan Monahan, Science Department; Susan Agger, Maynard Ecology Center

4th grade studies weathering & erosion

I took a few photos while the Amigos 4th grade was learning about weathering and erosion in the garden last week. They ran trials on the stream table, set-up an experiment to look at stream speed and examined examples of weathering outside.

Successful garden clean-up

We kicked off the beginning of spring in the garden last week with a clean-up after school. April 8th volunteers came out to help till the soil, turn over rye crop, add compost, prune the herb garden, clear out dead plants and pick up litter. We accomplished a lot and it was great to see everyone's faces again! The next garden event will be Beautification day on Saturday, May 22nd.

Fiddleheads unraveling into ferns pictured:

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