Via outgoing Hall Fletcher Elementary Garden Coordinator Rachel Lubitz: “The Hall Fletcher Elementary FEAST Garden will be having Open Summer Garden Hours every Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00AM-12:00PM, From June 13 through July 19th.

The community can come and get free produce from Mother Earth Produce on Tuesdays from 10-12. If you’re looking for a way to get outdoors and be active this summer, want to learn about gardening or new recipes, or want enjoy some lovely summer produce and garden magic, the come on out! Tools are provided, and all are welcome.” Hall Fletcher Elementary is located on Ridgelawn Road in East-West Asheville.

Zora and Davion planting seeds (native cress) in the Hall Fletcher Elementary Garden!

I want to express my gratitude to Rachel Lubitz, the dedicated and inspired garden coordinator at Jasper’s school, Hall Fletcher Elementary, for 4 years. Rachel, I’m grateful for the work you have done to introduce children to the magic of growing food, and I want to thank you for being my friend. Best of luck in graduate school and beyond! Your Hall Fletcher family will always be here for you.

For more information about Hall Fletcher Elementary and the beloved community there, check out this essay I wrote a few years back. For more information about the inspiring work of FEAST and the Hall Fletcher Elementary School Garden, check out this video by HFE parent Jason Garris: