Indiana Community Garden

05/28/2026

How does the Community Garden work? Who plants? Who harvests? Who manages? Where does it go?

VOLUNTEERS!! Clubs, groups, community members, your co-workers, your neighbors, our educators, businesses, etc. Without volunteers, the garden would not survive. We rely on YOU!

The food is grown by you, for you! Distributed once a week at the Harvest Tables at Chevy Chase Community Center. Harvested by the Harvest Coordinator, Garden Manager, and other volunteers. It takes a COMMUNITY of people to create something so amazing.

05/27/2026

Let’s continue with Fat Soluble Vitamins!
Last week we talked about what a fat soluble vitamin is and why they are important.

This week, we’ll go over vitamin A, or Retinol.

05/21/2026

This month for our Education in the Garden. Chloe talked about different parts of plants you can eat. She led “Seed Yoga” which was a fun interactive way to explain the parts of the plant. We then identified and harvested those parts. Megan had the kids make a salad dressing using the plants we harvested and taste tested it with a fresh picked mini salad.

Next Education in the Garden will be at Chevy Chase Food Forest.

05/20/2026

WEDNESDAY NUTRITION TID BIT
This week let's talk about Fat Soluble Vitamins.

Because these are STORED in the body we do not need to consume them daily. However, Vitamin D does require DAILY sunlight☀️exposure to convert it into a form that is absorbed by the body.
Not all vitamins and minerals are consumed in their absorbable form and need to be converted. Fat soluble vitamins require dietary fat in order for the body to accept them.

🧐Can anyone name a dietary fat that would help the body accept a fat soluble vitamin??

🧐What kind of fat soluble vitamins did you get today??

05/18/2026

SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION!!!

Tomorrow’s Harvest Table will not be happening! The center is closed to the public for voting. Sorry again for the mixup.
See y’all next week.

05/18/2026