Category: Youth

  • Gratitude

    Gratitude

    Join us for a delightful afternoon where we learn about gratitude and pick vegetables at the Green Sprouts garden. Instructors: Sundus Nada, Educator, ILIA Talaat Shehata, Former Professor, University of Maryland, ILIA’s Green Sprouts Director Date: Sunday Sept 20th, 2015 Time: 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Ages: 10 – 14, Adults welcome to attend and…

  • Waterline Digging – Saturday Aug 30th, 2014

    Waterline Digging – Saturday Aug 30th, 2014

    Join the group while we are digging a water pipeline to extend water to the west side of the lot from the east side inshaa Allah, we can always use the extra hands, also two people can mow, two can water the plants, four can dig, two can trim shrubs, four can trim weeds, bring gloves…

  • Volunteer Appreciation Picnic – Award Ceremony – 8/10/14

    Volunteers are recognized and awarded with certificates at the picnic

  • June 8th 2014 – Earth Tilling

    June 8th 2014 – Earth Tilling
  • Summer Plantation

    Summer Plantation is two and a half hours activity in which children will experience how to: Make a wooden seed bed for gardening How to prepare soil How to irrigate plants and Introducing concepts for Careful and Productive Gardening. When: Sun. June 1, 2014 from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm Where: Green Sprouts, 4017, Chantham…

  • Veggie Care – Sunday May 25th, 2014

    We will aerate the land, throw some more seeds and water the crops. Ages: 7-17 Adult chaperones welcome Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

  • New Veggie Box – May 17th, 2014

    Join our group to build another veggie box for the season. Ages: 7-17 Adult Chaperones welcome Time: 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm  

  • Growing Cucumbers – May 5th, 2014

    In this activity youth will learn how to grow cucumbers, operate a lawn mower and mow the grass. Ages: 8-11 Date: Sunday April 11th, 2014 Register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-cucumbers-patience-tickets-11526188139  

  • Youth Design and Install Sign – Nov 6th, 2013

    Nov 2013 – Six students designed and installed Green Sprouts signage. Learn more here https://www.facebook.com/groups/greensprouts/

  • What’s so great about Farmers Markets?

    There are many Farmers Markets throughout the country. Some may be in rural areas; others in suburbs or in cities. At Green Sprouts, we focused our energy on the Hollywood Farmers Market in the city of College Park. College Park has a diverse population, with vendors and customers from many different ethnic backgrounds and age…