Press Release
The Katie's Krops Outdoor Classroom is celebrating its 1st year providing fun educational programs for youth in the community. The Katie's Krops Outdoor Classroom opened in March of 2021, on the campus of their flagship garden, as a way for children to learn in a safe and beautiful outdoor setting, using the garden as a learning tool.
The first year of classes in the outdoor classroom included yoga, science classes, cooking with the harvest from the garden, story-time, arts and crafts, creating worm-composter and fairy gardens, along with visits from the Summerville Police Department and local weatherman.
In celebration of their first year, Katie's Krops is launching a punch-card program that allows holders first access to their exciting upcoming classes for year two. Twenty-five punch cards will be available and include first access to class signs up, admission to twelve classes and an eco-friendly notebook and pen to take notes during classes. In addition, when a child attends twelve classes and completes their punch card they will receive a surprise. Cards can be purchased by reaching out to erin@KatiesKrops.com. Punch-cards will cost $80, are available starting March 21st, and are first-come, first-serve due to the limited quantity.
The Katie's Krops Outdoor Classroom has exciting upcoming classes for year two. The South Carolina Aquarium will be teaching a turtle art program, Old Santee Canal Park will teach an indigo dying class, Charleston Community Bee Gardens will visit to teach a lesson on bees, Amor Healing Kitchen will teach children host to juice using the harvest from the garden, Katie's Krops Master Gardener Lisa Turocy will continue to teach gardening classes. In addition, Earth Week will bring numerous programs. Story-time with Katie, a favorite of many families, will continue, and many guest readers will visit the garden in 2022. Over fifty percent of classroom visitors became volunteers of the non-profit that grows a healthy end to hunger one vegetable garden at a time!
About Katie's Krops: The mission of Katie's Krops is to empower youth to start and maintain vegetable gardens and donate the produce in need, as well as assist and inspire others to do the same. Katie's Krops has 100+ youth-run vegetable gardens currently growing across the United States. Katie's Krops also hosts free garden-to-table dinners for anyone in need of a hot, healthy, and free meal. In addition, in 2021, Katie's Krops opened an outdoor classroom to provide educational opportunities in a beautiful outdoor setting. For more information, please visit www.KatiesKrops.com.
