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Fresh cilantro 💚 #learninggarden #realfood #kidsgarden #cilantro
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Learning Garden friends 🐞 🌱 . . . . . #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #ladybug #summergarden #memphisgarden #schoolgarden #urbangarden #urbangardening
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Harvesting lots of veggies at Audubon School in Chicago! 🥬🍅🥕🌽 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #food #photooftheday #summer #schoolgarden #chicagogarden #instafood #kidsgarden
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Harvest days 💚what are you harvesting this summer? Share below! . . . . . #plantaseedday #learninggarden #realfood #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #indygarden #indyschools #summergarden #lettuce
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Because #realfood and real fun make the perfect pair. Photo Credit: @foodbites #kidsgarden #communitythroughfood
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It must be summer ☀️🌻 #learninggarden #sunflower #flowers #summergarden
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Fill your plate with rainbows of color 🌈🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #kidsgardening #schoolgarden #rainbowgarden #eatyourcolors #coloradogarden
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Gardens Grow More Than Plants (3/3) 90% of teachers and principals reported that the Learning Garden has improved their schoolsʻ healthy food environment! Shouldn't every child have access to hands-on learning experiences that help them grow into healthy, successful adults? You can give a child that opportunity right now. Follow the link in bio to give today! #learninggarden #kidsgarden
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Gardens Grow More Than Plants (2/3) Nearly half of teachers surveyed use the Learning Garden to teach math concepts — answering the question, “when will I use this in real life?” 🌎 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #handsoneducation #growyourown #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #learnmath #plantaseedday
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Gardens Grow More Than Plants (1/3) A teacher helps her nervous readers build confidence by reading out loud to Learning Garden plants. 🌱 . . . . . #reafood #learninggarden #gardenreading #readinginthegarden #gardenready #plantpower #plantbased #kidsgardening
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If you spend some time in a Learning Garden – you’ll quickly realize that it’s growing much more than plants. This week – we’re sharing stories about unexpected things that grow because of Learning Gardens. What is the most surprising thing that your garden has helped grow? Share below and you’ll be entered to win a Big Green t-shirt. The winner will be announced on Friday, June 28. 🌱 #learninggarden #growyourown #eatorganic #kidsgarden #moderngarden #gardendesign #landscapearchitecture #gardening
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Real Food Lab is a high school summer program which helps a select group of students develop real-world entrepreneurship skills through the growing, harvesting, and selling of Learning Garden produce. One Real Food Lab student said, “Being able to garden is therapeutic. Even if you don’t realize it, you’re helping something breathe life into itself. You’re seeing something grow from a seed into a flower or fruit or herbs. Being able to repeatedly see something grow, it felt like an accomplishment.” Follow the link in our bio to find out how you can sponsor a Real Food Lab Student today! 🌱 #learninggarden #realfood #entrepreneurship #studententrepreneur #studentbusiness #eatorganic #growyourown #realfoodlab
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Meet Garden Club–they meet every Wednesday after school to garden, eat real food, and learn. The club includes over 30 kids from kindergarden to 5th grade. As students weighed the salad one student remarked, “Ms. Farnsworth, if the salad weighs 2 pounds without the bucket and 3 pounds with the bucket that means the bucket weighs one pound!” You got it, kid.🌱 #learninggarden #growyourown #coloradogarden #eatorganic #gardenclub #kidsgarden #kidsgardening
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Today is extra special because it’s Sustainable Gastronomy Day! Which is the start of a movement to tackle climate change through healthy and sustainable food choices. 🥦 Join the global movement with the @unitednations by sharing your sustainable food tips & recipes using the hashtag #ActNow! Follow the link in our bio for more info. Photo credit: @fao #realfood #climateaction #growyourown #eatorganic #learninggardens #zerohunger
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The strongest roots superlative goes to teachers! Share a story about how a teacher has positively impacted you below. 🌱 . . . . . #growyourown #learninggarden #farmtoclassroom #urbangarden #teachersofinstagram #teachershare #teacherappreciation #teacherlife🍎 #teachersofthegram
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The green thumb superlative goes to our garden educators! “They're unbelievably helpful and well-organized. If I reach out with a, "My peas aren't growing," question, they're immediately responsive. They'll come if you want help with anything. If you need help with your planting days, they'll show up. They do a really good job walking that line between encouraging schools to take ownership and manage the garden independently, still providing needed support.”- Teacher 🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #growyourown #eatorganic #urbangarden #kidsgardening #kidsgarden
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The superlative for MVP (Most Valuable Planter) goes to Learning Garden students! “In schools, the focus is on the students — creating an environment for which they can learn and grow. We mirror this in the Learning Garden, where we invite students to nurture and care for plants the way that the school community nurtures and cares for them — and show them that plants will return the favor by providing us with nutritious and delicious food to eat and air to breathe. Everything we do is for the students, but most importantly, the students we work with show up with enthusiasm, open minds, and a willingness to try things that they may have never tried before — whether it be eating a nasturtium flower or planting seeds carefully in the soil. Each and every child we interact with proves to us that they deserve to experience a garden on their school campus!" —Erika Hansen, Garden Educator 🌱 @eearthchild #learninggarden #kidsgarden #growyourown #realfood #kidsgardening #farmtoclassroom
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“This is lettuce of love.” - Learning Garden Student, Chicago 🌱 #realfood #learninggarden #growyourown #lettuce #eatorganic #coloryourplate #kidsgarden
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Gardeners for life 💚 #thingskidssayinthegarden . . . . . #realfood #growyourown #farmtoclassroom #eatorganic #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #thingskidssay
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“I feel like there was a life lesson because you can’t just stop and mope and be stuck in a dark place. Because, if you stay there, you will never grow. Having that life lesson given to us in a garden, which some people might find silly, I feel is amazing.” - Real Food Lab Student #thingskidssayinthegarden 🌱 #learninggarden #eatorganic #growyourown #turnipgreens
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Now that the school year is ending, it’s time to reflect on the previous year! This month, we’ll look back yearbook style with superlatives, quotes, and stories that capture the essence of a #LearningGarden. (hint: they grow much more than plants). 🌱 #realfood #urbangarden #kidsgardening #springplanting #schoolsout #kidsgarden #coloradogarden #eatorganic #farmtoclassroom #growyourown
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Hap-pea Friday! 🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #urbangarden #urbangardening #shelbycountyschools #springplanting
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#ThrowbackThursday to Plant a Seed Day! Are your seeds still growing strong? Share your seed story and #PlantASeedDay and you'll be entered for a chance to win a Big Green t-shirt. We'll randomly pick three winners on July 1, 2019. Do you have even more to tell us? Follow the link in our bio and fill out our quick questionnaire for a chance to be featured on the Plant a Seed Day blog. 🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #kidsgarden #realfood #realfoodgrowshere #plantaseedday #springgarden #springplanting #seedstarting #seedlingstory #kidsgardening
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The weather was a little crazy this spring but that didn’t stop us from having some AMAZING harvests! 💚 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #kidsandplants #lettuce #lettuces #lettucesalad #kidsgardening #springgarden #springplanting #plantaseedday
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The 3 rules of harvesting: 1) Have fun 2) Eat 3) Enjoy 💚🌱 Share your tips for a successful harvest day below! . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #realfoodgrowshere #indyschools #indygarden #schoolgarden #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #kidsandplants
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All of this thanks to Plant a Seed Day! Share how your plants are growing with #plantaseedday 🌱 @crosstownhigh @crosstownconcourse . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #handsoneducation #memphisgarden #schoolgarden #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #highschoolgarden #plantaseed
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The anticipation of planting seeds for the first time 🌱💚 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #kidsgarden #urbangarden #schoolgarden #detroitgarden #kidsgardening #growyourown #plantingseeds
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Because flowers are a veggies best friend 💐🥦 . . . . . #learninggarden #flowers #flowerstagram #schoolgarden #lausd #flower_daily #flowerpower🌸 #pollinatorgarden
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“You’re so rad.” Share your favorite veggie puns below! 🥕 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #realfoodgrowshere #kidsgarden #gardenmemphis #kidsgardening #radish #veggiepuns #radishes #growyourown #schoolgarden #901sfinest
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The original power bowl. 💪 . . . . . . #realfood #learninggarden #memphisgarden #radish #kidsgarden #901sfinest #shelbycountyschools
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Thank you to all of the amazing teachers who grow the future (literally). #teacherappreciationweek 🥕🌱💕 #kidsgarden #teacherappreciation #learninggarden #teacherquote
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A rainbow for your plate 🌈 📸 @wrightkitchen #realfood #veggies4kids #kidsgarden #eatyourcolors #colorfulcarrots #carrots #veggies
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It’s planting day @detroitachievement 🌱 Students planted their first crops of the season. These little seeds will sprout in just two weeks! In six weeks, they will have beets, radishes, turnips, carrots, snap peas, and a few different kinds of greens! 🥬 Follow @detroitachievement to see their progress! #learninggarden #detroitgarden #kidsgardening #realfoodgrowshere #veggies #growyourown #seedstarting #plantaseedday
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Celebrating #EarthDay in the Learning Garden. 🌱🌍 Learn how your food is impacting the environment with a fun quiz. Just follow the link in our bio! #learninggarden #realfood #zerowaste #calacademy #growyourown #plantaseedday #kidsgardening #kidsgarden
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Big blue skies and (soon-to-be) big green leaves. #learninggarden #realfood #veggies
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Johnny’s Selected Seeds is responsible for pretty much every plant growing in a #LearningGarden across the country. They generously donate all of the seeds our kids plant every year. See what it’s like behind the scenes at @johnnys_seeds and watch our story! . . . . . #realfood #johnnyseeds #peas #veggies #veggiesforkids #greens #growyourown #farmtoclassroom
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What’s your favorite way to eat carrots? Share below! 🥕 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #growingseason #kidsgarden #igrowmyown #foodnotlawns #colorfulcarrots #eatorganic #sowingseeds #shelbycountyschools
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Happy #nationalpetday from the dogs of Big Green! Snap a pic of your pet by your garden (or with a veggie), tag @biggreen and we’ll share it on our story today! . . . . . #biggreen #biggreenfam #petday #gardendogs #dogsofinstagram #dogstagram #dogs_of_instagram #dogstyle #dogfriendlyoffice
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Little garden helpers 🐛 . . . . . #learninggarden #growveggies #growyourownveggies #wateryourseeds #gardenworms #schoolgarden #lagarden #farmtoclassroom #eucalyptus
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GALS (Girls Athletic Leadership School) planted the first seeds in their new #LearningGarden today. Watch our story to see more! . . . . . #GALSchools #realfood #denverschools #garden #pivotfoundation #plantaseedday #growyourownveggies #growveggies #wateryourseeds #highschoolgarden
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Big Green Colorado is kicking off at Global Academy in Mapleton School District right outside of Denver!
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One of the best parts of teaching kids how to grow real food is watching how their pride and respect for the garden grows, too. Kids excitedly take on their new responsibility as “guardians of the garden.” 🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #kidsgardening #realfood #kidsart #gardenart #gaurdiansofthegarden #PSDproud #growyourown #coloradogarden #farmtoclassroom
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Planting seeds is pretty simple. It just takes some soil, water, light, and a little bit of magic. 💫🌱 . . . . . #learninggarden #realfood #chicagopublicschools #kidsgardening #kidsgarden #upcycle #gothamgreens
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The power of the #learninggarden 💚 . . . . . #realfoodgrowshere #highschoolgarden #realfoodlab #kidsgarden #entrepreneur #quotesdaily #gardenquotes #growyourown #growyourownfood
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Wishing your plants lots of growth this spring. 🌱Learn how to help your garden thrive by following the link in our bio! . . . . . #learninggarden #plantaseedday #growyourownfood #kidsgardening #kidsgarden #thegreenhouse #gardentips #plantsofinstagram
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Well...that was one for the books. Thanks to you 217,885 people helped plant, over 1,220,204 seeds, in all 50 states and 44 countries! The seeds you planted will grow to provide shade, beauty, health, and food to the communities around them. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day to plant a seed and change the world. #plantaseedday Photo: @cody_chouinard . . . . . #plantaseed #learninggarden #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #plantsmakepeoplehappy #march2019 #kimbalmusk #growyourownfood
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Plant a seed to get back to your roots and harness the power of growing real food. In a world where fast food and packaged goods are so easily accessible- we tend to forget where real food comes from and how incredible the process of growing it yourself can be. #PlantASeedDay🌱 . . . . . #plantaseed #realfood #learninggarden #kidsgarden #kidsgardening #veggies4kids #growyourown #march2019 #growyourfood
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Is there any greater act of faith in the future than planting a seed today and believing that with time and care it will sprout tomorrow? We know it’s going to take all of us rolling up our sleeves and getting to work to create a bright future for kids full of good food, great education, and big opportunities. That’s why we’re so grateful to be partnering with @growingrootsfoods Every time you tag #plantaseedday, Growing Roots will donate $1 to Big Green - helping us plant the seeds of better, healthier future for kids everywhere! Plant on 🌱 . . . . . #realfood #learninggarden #realfoodgrowshere #seedlings #growyourfood #healthykids #kidsgardening #march2019
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Big Green works every day to build a culture of health in our schools, so today, we’re planting for them. We teach kids to plant seeds, care for their garden, and most importantly, eat their delicious harvest. Schools with a Big Green Learning Garden have kids who LOVE veggies– and who eat them– both at school, and at home. We’re planting a seed for every student at every school we work with– and a few extra for our future gardeners! #PlantASeedDay🌱 . . . . . #realfood #realfoodgrowshere #farmtoclassroom #veggies4kids #healthedu #education #healthykids #growyourown #eatmoreveggies #kidsgarden
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Learning Gardens are places where plants grow (and kids grow, too)! 🌱 . . . . . #learninggardens #realfood #lifecycle #plantcycle #lagarden #lagarden #plantaseedday #growyourown #growsomething #realfoodgrowshere