First half of spring semester in photos

Despite the garden's spring season being cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, MKG students were active before spring break leading workdays and planning events.  Below are some of the visual highlights from the start of the semester. 

MKG SPRING BRUNCH -February 2

Each year MKG kicks off the garden season with our Spring Brunch.  Students gathered in the Food lab the first Sunday in February for good food and community. An annual brunch tradition is the recording of student suggestions  and votes on crops to grow.  Big thanks to MKG Exec, our Student Leadership team who organizes and hosts this fun event.

MKG SPRING 2020 INTERNS

Spring interns: Elza, John, and Leah learned and worked at the garden for six weeks before classes went online. They assisted in lots of gardening tasks including laying out garden beds and preparing a new garden area for planting by dismantling wooden beds and laying out silage tarp to speed decomposition of the grass. 

BEE WORKSHOP

Kimberly from local bee shop, Scottsville Supply Company leads a workshop on beekeeping.  We were excited that 18 students joined us for the workshop! 

VOLUNTEER WORKDAYS!

UVA student volunteers from APO, Madison House, and  open Saturday workdays joined us in the garden this spring..  They assisted with many tasks including rolling up drip tape, clearing the bee yard of weeds, and  adding straw mulch to garlic beds. Thanks to all our great workday leaders who led volunteers in the garden! 

DANA ELZEY'S DESIGN THINKING CLASS

 For the second year, Dr. Elzey's Design Thinking Class was held at Morven over four days during spring break.  MKG was excited to have his class join us in the garden for a few hours on two days.  The class seeded 30 trays of plants and assisted in bed prep from pulling up mulch to adding and raking compost!Thanks everyone for helping get MKG off to a great start this spring!