With the school year ending and students knee-deep in finals, this week marked our last after-school Interact NOW garden club session. It was quite bitter-sweet to say good-bye, especially to the seniors, but everyone agreed that we learned a lot and grew some amazing stuff! Check out our tomato, pepper and eggplant plot: Mint, cabbage…
Category Archives: RFK Community Schools
Garden Spring Rolls at RFK
This week high school students at RFK used seasonal ingredients from the garden to make spring rolls. They learned that we won’t be able to enjoy kale for much longer so we had to seize the day! We introduced the new seedlings into the garden with hand-made signs. Check out the beautiful signage for the…
RFK Gets cookin’
Last week students at RFK took home loads of broccoli, kale and kohlrabi. One student even cooked the broccoli for dinner when he got home. Here’s his homemade dish! We also used some of the ingredients today. Look at the spread that we collected today!
After-school students @ RFK harvest veggies!
It’s official, there’s something in the soil at RFK Community Schools garden. This week the after-school garden club enjoyed the fruits of their labor. We spent half of the class harvesting kale, kohlrabi, broccoli and mint. Check out one of the purple kohlrabi that we dug into. It was so tasty! Everyone agreed that this…
Sprouting-sprouting at RFK Community Schools
Some seeds were dropped in the beds a couple of weeks ago and it seems like they were happy with their new home.
Seedling Giveaway and Garden Tour at RFK Community Schools
The students at RFK took a break from finals to come out and tour their new garden. The kids were excited to explore the garden and identify the different plants growing in it. They enjoyed tasting and learning how to make healthy snacks, and were happy to take a seedling home with them to grow over…
TWO new gardens at RFK Community Schools!
Yesterday, EnrichLA gathered along with 250+ volunteers, including members of Gay for Good, Bank of America Volunteers, We Serve LA, and the Office of the Mayor, to build TWO new gardens at Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in honor of the Harvey Milk Day of Service! All of our volunteers got straight to work after…
