The Tuesday before Thanksgiving marks the Edible Schoolyard’s annual Harvest to Home. The Harvest to Home is a chance for students at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School to bring a little piece of the Edible Schoolyard back to their homes. Our garden staff harvests the garden and creates bunches, bags, and bouquets for students at the school to share. When the bell rings on Tuesday afternoon, signifying the Thanksgiving break, everyone is invited to meet on the front lawn to collect their free garden goodies. Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to give thanks to the people we care about, and Harvest to Home is a very small way we can show our appreciation for our wonderful and inspiring students.

The crowd gathering to grab their produce harvested from the ESY garden

One of our beautiful tables arranged by the students

Strawflowers that we dried and gave away

The chard was the first thing we ran out of

We also did a little tasting

The rosemary permeated the air