{"id":11320,"date":"2025-07-16T16:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T23:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/?p=11320"},"modified":"2025-07-16T21:21:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:21:48","slug":"assistance-league-members-enjoy-visit-to-school-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/2025\/07\/16\/assistance-league-members-enjoy-visit-to-school-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"School Gardens Tour Enjoyed by Assistance League Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11321 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-1024x741.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-1024x741.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-1536x1112.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-2048x1482.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.1-958x693.jpeg 958w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nOn Monday, July 14th, ten Assistance League of Bellingham volunteer members toured school gardens at Alderwood and Cordata elementary schools.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wheatley, from Common Threads Farm, led the tour and explained how the gardens are planted and maintained.\u00a0 Sarah shared some of the learning strategies that CTF staff use in the gardens to help students understand how food is grown and harvested and to encourage them to eat and enjoy fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/philanthropic-programs\/eating-healthy-program\/\">Eating Healthy,<\/a> one of Assistance League of Bellingham\u2019s six philanthropic programs, provides funds for kids to participate in school gardens organized by Common Threads Farm. \u00a0The \u201cWelcome to Our Garden\u201d signs were donated by ALB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.7-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11324\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/bellingham\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2025\/07\/SGT.7-300x237.jpeg\" alt=\"\" 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