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Fresh Organic Produce
Olivewood Gardens offers Farmers' Market Boxes from Specialty Produce! The box ($20) includes a weekly selection of fresh California-grown fruits and vegetables.
Specialty Produce donates $2 of every purchase to the Olivewood Gardens program fund. To learn more or enroll, contact Kati Butler.
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Specialty Produce
Farmers' Market Box
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Olivewood Gardens had over 230 Farmers' Market Box
orders in 2013!
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4th grade students examine fungus during their lesson on decomposers |
Executive Director
(619) 434-4281
2525 N Avenue
National City, CA 91950
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Are you a teacher or parent that would like to learn more about
Garden Enhanced Nutrition Education?
Join us on Saturday February 8th! Use your existing school garden to enhance nutrition education for children and youth and promote the consumption of fruit and vegetables.
Develop tools and strategies for involving youth in gardening, food preparation, and taste-testing; building excitement around healthy eating and environmental science. Activities are drawn from curriculum for grades K-7, and are all available for free online. We will also explore how to plan for an edible harvest and touch on Garden to Cafeteria programs.
Date: Saturday, February 8th
Time: 8:30a-4p
Cost: $20
Location: Olivewood Gardens
2525 N Ave, National City, CA 91950
Contact: Diana Bergman, Program Director
(619) 434-4281, [email protected]
Click Here to Register
Please share with your favorite teachers!
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Saturday, February 22nd
10am-1pm
Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center will be open to the public on Saturday, February 22nd from 10am to 1pm. This is a great opportunity to bring your friends and family to see our beautiful grounds. Please stop by to visit the gardens or take a property tour!
Location: Olivewood Gardens 2525 N Ave, National City, CA 91950 Tours: 10:15 and 12:15
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What We're Up To:
December and January
In January, Olivewood Gardens hosted fifth grade field trips from National School District and put on a Kids in the Kitchen event with the Junior League of San Diego!
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A Kids in the Kitchen attendee tastes the carrot that she just harvested herself
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- Olivewood Gardens will host field trips for Greater San Diego County.
- Visitors to the garden will include educators participating in our GENE class and the San Diego Horticultural Society.
- Exchange students from Argentina will participate in two volunteer days.
- We'll begin our next session of Cooking for Salud!
- We'll round out the month by starting our last group of National School District third grade field trips for the 2013-2014 school year!
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A Growing Passion: Season 2
Olivewood will be featured in Season 2 of KPBS's Season 2 of A Growing Passion with host Nan Sterman kicked off on January 23rd. Olivewood will be featured in the February 20th episode, "With Food and Justice for All"
We're so grateful to Nan and the A Growing Passion team! It was a pleasure to film with students from Olivewood Elementary and Kitchenistas from our Cooking For Salud! program. New Episodes: Thursdays at 8pm & Saturdays at 1pm Olivewood Episode: 2/20 at 8pm and 2/22 at 1pm Channel: KPBS television, Channel 15 Cox Cable - 1011 HD Time Warner Cable - 711 HD |
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Kids in the Kitchen
Saturday March 8th, 10am-1pm
Olivewood Gardens and the Junior League of
San Diego invite you to join us for some family friendly fun!
Enjoy hands-on cooking, gardening, nutrition, and physical activities! Families with elementary and middle school age children are encouraged to attend.
Date: Saturday, 3/8
Time: 10am to 1pm
Cost: FREE
Location: Olivewood Gardens
2525 N Ave, National City
space is limited
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Recipe of the Week
Colorful Cauliflower Salad
By Kati Christensen
Ingredients and Directions for Salad
1 cup orange caulfilower, chopped
1 cup green cauliflower, chopped
1 cup purple cauliflower, chopped
2 gala apple, diced
1 cup golden raisins
Sweet and Tangy Vinaigrette (see recipe below)
Combine all ingredients together with vinaigrette. Enjoy!
Ingredients and Directions for Sweet and Tangy Vinaigrette
� cup olive oil
2 Tablespoons apple cider vinegar
� teaspoon shallots, minced
� teaspoon honey
� teaspoon dijon mustard
salt and pepper, to taste
Combine all ingredients in a jar, cover and shake. Enjoy with Cauliflower Salad.
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