Washington Post features First Bloom at the White House
By Dan Puskar on 08/15/2008 in Park News
First Bloom was invited to participate in the White House Garden Tours on August 9, 2008. Kids are getting their hands dirty and learning about native species and the environment in their own backyards. As Adrian Higgins writes in yesterday’s Washington Post:
‘Adolfo Guzman, 13, is already becoming a green thumb, recently instructing his uncle in how to plant a potted coneflower. “He was doing it all wrong,” Adolfo said.’
Read the entire article here.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Its great and informative…Please keep it up. Thanks
February 27th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Wonderful wonderful wonderful!Getting children involved with growing things is simply wonderful to see!Society’s connection with Nature has largely been severed and getting our children involved is key to getting this vital link back in action.God bless!
March 21st, 2009 at 9:44 am
Everyone should be gardening in these tough economic times.
April 10th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
I think getting down and dirty in the garden is great therapy for everyone. I don’t need a lot, and can’t handle a lot any more, but I do need a little patch of earth to dig around in.
May 11th, 2011 at 1:40 pm
When i took place in first bloom i learned alot about planting plants (: