In addition to the ones pictured, we have a few more beds this fall planted with pie pumpkins, beans, popcorn, and dent corn (corn that is used to make cornmeal) that, if they do well, we can share with the students and maybe even use in the cooking classes!

Our Garden

August 13, 2025. To the left is a photo of one of Team Saturday's raised garden beds. In this one we have pole beans using the sorghum as a trellis. There are also brown eyed Susan (the yellow flowers) and asters (not yet blooming), Watermark Woods' plant starts from the awesome Pollinator Garden gift (50 plants!) that Morven Park's Center for Civic Impact donated to us (thank you, Gwyneth!). And, there are also strawberry plants in this bed that were started years ago! Below is our very first raised bed planted with mountain mint and brown-eyed Susan (part of the donation) and the sign that the Team Saturday students made way back in the summer of 2021!

Back in March we got started in the garden by raking back the mulch/compost cover and tidying up a bit. We planted potatoes, peas, and some rye grain cover crop. The photo to the left features two of our raised garden beds on March 15.

Scroll down to see the progress of the Soil Stewards soil recipe wildflower plantings! On March 8, Gwyneth Mac Murtrie – Director of Education at Morven Park’s Center For Civic Impact – led a wonderful Soil Stewards workshop for the kids.

The students divided up into three groups. Each group designed a soil recipe with a mix of rocky, clay, and sandy soil. Check back in to follow the progress!

Garden Group 1: Aydan, Dylan, Niamh, Edwin, Adrien, and Miguel. Their recipe: 1 part rocky + 2 parts clay + 2 parts sandy

Garden Group 2: Alex, Antoni, Layla, Nyla, Emily, and Aldo. Their recipe: 2 part rocky + 2 parts clay + 1 part sandy

Garden Group 3: Valentina, Cynthia, Allison, and Kaylee. Their recipe: 2 parts rocky + 2 parts clay + 1 part sandy