by jackiebell | Oct 13, 2021 | Career & Curriculum, Gardens, Wellness
Stephen Ritz connects food justice with social justice. Educator and author, Stephen Ritz, visited Denver Green School to share his experience bringing indoor gardening and nutrition to students in the Bronx. As the founder of Green Bronx Machine, Ritz brought...
by jackiebell | Oct 4, 2021 | Gardens, Wellness
Oct. 04, 2021 by Will Jones – Director of External Communications First district-based commercial greenhouse in nation to grow “salad bowl” items for schools Denver – Students in Denver Public Schools (DPS) will soon be able to dine on vegetables and fruits from the...
by jackiebell | Sep 5, 2021 | Career & Curriculum, Gardens, Wellness
Our gardens have never produced more food for our students, schools and community than the summer of 2021. Working alongside community partners Lincoln Hills Cares interns prepare the Farm at Smiley for planting. like Denver Urban Gardens, SustainEd Farms, Grow...
by jackiebell | Sep 1, 2021 | Environmental Justice, Gardens, Wellness
Interns at Maxwell ES tend the garden while learning job skills. After cancelling all summer programming in 2020 due to COVID-19, Garden of Youth returned for it’s tenth anniversary in 2021. Garden of Youth is a ten week job skill development internship program for...
by jackiebell | Aug 31, 2021 | Gardens, Wellness
As COVID-19 continued to impact our schools and gardens through summer 2021, volunteers and community partners rose to the occasion, coming together on projects, planting and harvesting produce for food banks and building up our community and schools. Without their...
by jackiebell | Jan 15, 2021 | Wellness
Jessie Whaley Maxwell Elementary School received a Westerra Credit Union grant to renovate the school garden and add perennial fruit and vegetable plants. The garden at Maxwell was developed through a partnership with Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) and the school. A...