Dig Your Hands in the Earth! Vegetable Garden Planting Day

In this class, we will tour and volunteer to help one of our school garden partners. We’ll weed the garden and plant a few crops for the fall. We’ll take a look at all the benefits of planting, native plants, herbs, fruit trees, and the heart of the garden which is the vegetable garden. Wear your tennis shoes, hats, and garden gloves.

Each participant will receive an herb or vegetable plant.https://www.aarp.org/events/details.vegetable-garden-planting-day.24NGJ6D8WHN/?src=psn

Presenter

Kim Perry was born and raised in Denver, Colorado, where she received her bachelor's degree from Metropolitan State University in the field of Social Work. She also received her Master's degree in Agriculture Science from Texas A&M, and currently serves as the Director of Education with Urban Harvest where she oversees the Community Garden Program, school glasses and programs as well as the educational classes. Prior to that Kim was the Harris County Extension Agent for Prairie View University where she facilitated educational workshops and classes for farmers and urban gardeners. For the past six years Kim has been one of the Harris County Master Gardeners, and was awarded the Outstanding Service Award in 2020. She’s been featured on several news channels, in many blogs, newsletters, and educational speaking engagements. During her down time she loves to garden, paint and make soap.