Don’t believe your eyes! These kids are not “working” in the garden, they are doing a lab experiment for biology class!

(Photo courtesy of  Theresa Loe)

Time is flying by. I can’t believe  my kids are in their 5th week of school already.

How about you?

Anyone  out there have the “cajones” to venture into the thrilling and sometimes mad world of school and community gardens?

I have been there, done that and am crazy enough to keep volunteering! I’ll be redesigning the front landscape of my son and daughter’s school this fall.

(What a great excuse to keep an eye on my kids!).

This Sunday evening on “Shirley Bovshow’s Garden World Report” online garden TV talk show, I’ll be presenting the “hot garden news of the week” and focusing on school gardens as well.

Who are the “mover’s and shaker’s around the country who are digging in, helping to organize and  fund school and community gardens?

It is not an easy job, so you know that these people have to be a little crazy!

I found one of these people and  his name is Mud Baron. When he isn’t playing with his pal “Daisy,” a pig who lives in the North Hollywood high school garden grounds, he inspires would-be horticulturalists with his zany but brilliant teaching style!

Mud also leads the country’s largest  public school district, ( Los Angeles) in it’s fundraising efforts for school gardens. He’s  a fundraiser extraordinaire who can teach a social networking expert a thing or two about  harnessing the power of  Twitter!

Check out a taste of Mud’s energy on the “exciting scenes” from this Sunday’s premiere of the episode titled, “School Gardens.”  Theresa Loe shares the screen.

Also in this show, look for Katie Elzer-Peter’s useful tips on our “Be a Better Garden Blogger” series. Katie is young, fun and isn’t afraid to “school us” in the english language.

“Oh please don’t visit my blog with your red pencil Katie!”

Premiering on Sunday night’s show is a new series called “Garden Angels.”

Garden World Report is inviting video submissions from school and community gardens who need a little help with tools, soils and plants. Each week we choose a “plea” and the next week we announce the “Garden Angel” who has come to the rescue!

This week’s plea is from a school in Woodland Hills, California. Their soil is DIRT!

The school needs soil amendments  to transform  their weed infested plot into a  viable fall vegetable garden.

Can your project use some help?

I can’t wait for Sunday night’s show. You can watch it here on my blog, EdenMakers or on a large video player on my host site at www.GardenWorldReport.com

I don’t care where you watch the show, just watch it!!

We are going to have a great time, don’t miss the party.

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