The Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) and Verdant Health Commission have teamed up to help teach kids at the Edmonds Boys & Girls Club how to grow their own food. The partnership’s Harvest at Home program is designed to increase access to edible gardening and fresh produce for South Snohomish County residents.

SCD donated the materials to build three raised beds and an herb garden in space donated by the Edmonds United Methodist Church. Four SCD crew members built the wooden structures on Tuesday. For now, the beds lie empty while kids in the club research what herbs, berries and greens should be planted next spring. Meanwhile, they will learn how to grow seeds indoors over the winter and plant them outside as the weather starts to warm up next year.

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