Simply put, City Blossoms changes lives. By exposing urban kids from age 2 to 20 to gardens, we're working to educate them about gardening, food nutrition, art, community building, and environmental awareness. For high school kids, we're also exposing them to entrepreneurship with the products they make and sell. Our alums have gone on to get full-ride scholarships to college. Others have learned how to access and cook nutritious food, even in a food desert. I'm always amazed about what City Blossoms achieves, including its awards for environmental protection, gardening leadership, and board leadership. When I make my charitable donations each year, City Blossoms is at the top of the list.
I've had such an incredible time volunteering with City Blossoms in the past year and a half. The staff is so warm and welcoming, and so enthusiastic about new ideas and projects proposed by volunteers. They are truly dedicated to building community spaces where everyone feels ownership and responsibility for growing beauty and creativity, regardless of who they are.
City Blossoms is one of the best things to happen to DC!!!! They have brought together so many awesome strategies and ideas to help better communities in the DMV while bringing the people inside of these communities closer together.
City blossoms is a wonderful organisation. I have been volunteering with them (although not as often as I would like) for the last 4 years, and it has been a wonderful experience. They provide a great service to children, families, and really everyone else too. They have some amazing garden spaces all over the city, and they do a great job of engaging, educating and empowering young people. They also put on great fundraisers where you feel like you lucky to be able to attend. I hope city blossoms continues to grow, and continues to be a part of our city for ever and ever.
It has been a thrill and an honor to serve on the Board of Directors at City Blossoms! The CB team continues to innovate new and effective ways to expose kids and teens to the joys of the natural world, nutrition and cooking skills, entrepreneurship and art through gardening. City Blossoms celebrates community and diversity like no other!
As a founding board member I have seen this nimble feisty organization grow into a wonderful source of plant based nourishment for children and communities. City Blossoms is fun, well run and just a delight to be a part of.
Excellent organization and tremendous resources for families and children in Washington, DC. Their events are thoughtfully organized and well-attended. Communities love this energetic group.
I love City Blossoms! I have seen them do amazing work with kids of all ages all around the city. I have seen high schoolers take ownership of their garden and their produce and value-added products with pride and energy. I have seen little kids express awe and wonder at the beauty, science and fun of plants and flowers in the garden. I have seen kids and parents cook and eat and enjoy healthy dishes they hadn't known about before. I have seen all kinds of volunteers have a blast working in their gardens. I know that everyone who comes into contact with City Blossoms blooms!