Boyd Back to School Bash

I witnessed a little girl throw her fudge pop in the trash so she could grab a handful of cherry tomatoes! Thats right.....fudge pop in trash, with a mad dash to the cherry tomatoes bowl! If only I could have caught that on camera. right? This evening was yet another wonderful event held in Washington Park.

It was around 70 degrees with plenty of shade. The food

was great, the music was even better. Our very own Dr. Chris Craig was rock-n on the Guitar and vocals. We took a basket of fresh vegetables harvested from the school garden. The children were so excited to see and

hold the veggies they planted at the end of the school year. They were so sweet

and curious about the flavor of their veggies.

We had a lot of parents ask questions about the garden project and were able to meet some new teachers that I hope to see in the garden. This evening was wonderful. DSTA was there helping out along with the neighborhood association and Caring Communities. It was a great experience.

Concert in the Park!

This was a wonderful evening. Midtown Neighborhood has a concert in the park series where the public is invited to come listen to local music, enjoy hot dogs and lemonade and hang out in Washington Park. The park is one of Springfield's oldest city parks.

The neighborhood association decided that SUAC would be a worthy cause for the evenings donations, so we went to introduce the DIRT project and the Midtown School Garden. Above: their is a picture of melissa and a student from Boyd collecting donations. She helped plant the potatoes and tomatoes at the end of the school year last year! All donations from that evening went to the Midtown School Garden. Which totaled $87.oo which is 1/5 the cost of our future hoop house!!! Thank you Midtown, the evening was a blast. Good music and great people.

We have a fence.

Oh,We had so many brave soles help work on the fence. Including my husband Adam, Thank you so much. However, a lesson learned.....don't cut the labor cost for carpentry out of the budget. Last month the four grounds men from Cox came over to the garden and worked from 6am-12 for two days on this beautiful fence. The men had to start so early because the temperatures were in the 90s by 9am. BIG Thank You to Barry Harter and his crew for all their hard work! The fence looks great!!!