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The 3 rules of the Green Heart Project are: Respect Yourself, Respect the Earth, & Respect your Buddy. Educational school micro-farms.

11/13/2025

This week at The Green Heart Project, we learned about Companion Cooking & Planting!

Our buddies discussed how plants — and people — can work together to grow strong. After exploring what makes good plant partners, they made their own companion dish: tomato basil bruschetta!

From our Plant Dance to practicing “bearclaw” knife skills, this week was full of movement, learning, and teamwork.

Because just like tomatoes and basil, everything grows better together. 🌿 Stay tuned for pictures and updates from next week soon!

11/10/2025

✨ A night to remember at our Farm to Table Dinner ✨

Thanks to the incredible support of our attendees and sponsors, this year we raised over $350,000 to benefit Green Heart’s mission of Growing Minds and Cultivating Community!!! 🌿💚

We’re so grateful to our amazing partners who brought this evening to life — from the stunning event design by Gathering Events () to the unforgettable culinary experience curated by Basic Projects Hospitality ().

A huge thank-you to our talented chef partners for crafting such a beautiful meal:
🍽️ Chef Anthony Marini – (owner of & )
🍽️ Chef Charles Layton – (Head Chef at )
🍽️ Chef Jill Mathias – (Chef at )
🍽️ Chef Juan Cassalett – (Co-Chef/Owner )
🍽️ Chef Michael Toscano – (Owner )

And to Basic Projects Hospitality for coordinating the entire culinary experience and serving staff.

Deep gratitude to our sponsors and community partners for making this evening possible:
🌿 Supporting Sponsors: Gathering Events () & Mary Ellen Long Way
🌿 Community Sponsors: Basic Projects Hospitality () & Love, Tito’s ()
🌿 Event Sponsors:
- Coastal Conservation League ()
- Grassroots Wine ()
- Snyder Events ()
- Technical Event Company ()
🌿 Friends of the Farm:
- Angela & Craig McLaughlin
- Baseline : A Sasser Studio (.baseline)
- Gayle Brooker Photography ()
- High Wire Distilling ()
- Pinnacle Financial Partners ()
- Studio R Design ()

With additional support from Pamela Huseley, Revelry Brewing Co. (), Limehouse Produce (), GrowFood Carolina (), Vellamo (), and Coca-Cola Bottling Co. ().

Together, you helped us celebrate connection, sustainability, and the heart of good food — from the farm to the table. 🌾✨

11/05/2025

🌱 The Green Heart Farm Stand is back! 🌱

We’re excited to announce that the Green Heart Project Farm Stand reopens this week with a new seasonal schedule!

🍅 Join us every Thursday from 3–5 PM at the Urban Farm at Enston Home (900 King Street) for fresh, locally grown produce and artisan goods - all sourced with care from our farm and community partners.

Our seasonal market will operate to bring you the freshest, highest-quality harvests right when they’re at their best. Check our story each week for our weekly 💚 PRODUCE LIST 💚

✨ This fall, we’re also inviting local makers and artisans to showcase their handmade creations alongside our produce — from baked goods to crafts to preserved foods. It’s a celebration of local food, creativity, and community!

Come support small-scale growers, artisans, and the mission of Green Heart to connect students and neighbors through urban agriculture. 💚

11/03/2025

Last week was all about hands-on fun in the garden! 🪴 Students and Buddies explored the soil, searched for compost critters, and brought big smiles (and muddy hands!) to every activity. We love seeing their curiosity grow week after week! 💚

10/30/2025

This week at The Green Heart Project, we have been learning all about composting and what makes healthy soil!

Our focus has been on respecting the Earth through composting - nature’s way of recycling food scraps and garden waste into nutrient-rich soil.

Students began each lesson with our fun “Plant Dance: Movin’ and Growing Like a Seed”, then talked about the five things plants need to grow: air, water, space, sun, and soil! We have explored what makes soil healthy and learn the recipe for compost: browns, greens, water, and air.

We also met the amazing F.B.I.s of compost — fungi, bacteria, and invertebrates — and discovered how they work together to break things down and “cook” the compost.

During activities, students have explored real compost with magnifying glasses and a Compost Critters sheet to record their findings. Buddies helped them identify the FBIs and encouraged curiosity along the way.

We wrapped up the lessons with a quick review, a dried mushroom taste test 🍄, and an exit ticket: 👉 What did you learn today that can be composted?

We have LOVED getting our hands in the soil and learning together - we can’t wait to share more soon - see you in the garden! 🌻

10/29/2025

Our garden volunteers make the magic happen! 💚 From moving compost to cleaning up our native rain gardens and banana grove, these Green Hearts have helped our gardens grow strong this season!!

Our November volunteer spots are full, but there’s still room to join us in December - sign up through our Events Calendar on the website {LINK IN BIO} to get your hands in the dirt with us! 🌱

10/22/2025

🌿 Educator Spotlight: Amy Lepping 🌿

Meet Amy Lepping, our incredible Senior Garden Educator! With over 20 years of teaching experience spanning elementary, middle, and high school classrooms, Amy brings an inspiring blend of creativity, curiosity, and care to everything she does.

A lifelong learner with a background in art and a Master’s in Elementary Education (with concentrations in science and reading), Amy believes the best lessons happen hands-on—in the soil, under the sun, and side by side with her students. 🌱✨

From developing STEAM curricula in New Jersey to teaming up with local environmental groups here in Charleston, Amy’s passion for education and the environment shines in every garden she tends. She currently teaches programs at Meeting Street Academy, Sullivan’s Island Elementary, and Sanders Clyde, helping students think critically, explore creatively, and grow with purpose. 💚

We’re so lucky to have Amy growing minds—and gardens—with us! 🌻

10/21/2025

🐞 Good Bugs vs. Bad Bugs! 🌿
Students explored the garden to learn how insects impact our ecosystem, played the “Good Bug vs. Bad Bug” game, and sketched their discoveries. A fun day of biodiversity, teamwork, and tasting the fruits of their garden! 🍓✨

10/16/2025

🌱 Green Heart Lesson! 🌱

This week, we kicked things off at the pavilion with a Green Heart welcome and a review of our 3 Rules of Respect — Respect Yourself, Respect Your Buddies, and Respect the Earth. 💚

Then, we dove into what plants need to survive — sunlight, air, water, nutrients, and space — and reviewed what we’ve learned about square foot gardening (who remembers which veggie needs 4” of space? 👀 Beets!).

Next up: Planting radishes and mizuna! 🥬 Students gor hands-on practice spacing, sowing, and gently covering their seeds.

After planting, we regrouped for a special lesson with Jesse on Vermiculture — learning how worms help turn food scraps into rich compost that nourishes our plants. 🪱✨

We wrapped up with a taste test and a quick reflection: who’s inspired to try composting (or add worms!) at home? ♻️💭

10/13/2025

🌱 October is National Farm to School Month! 🌱

Join us and thousands of schools, farms, and communities across the country as we celebrate food education, school gardens, and lunch trays filled with healthy, local ingredients. 🍎🥕

Here are a few easy ways to get involved:
👉 Be Inspired: Follow the National Farm to School Network on their blog (http://www.farmtoschool.org/news-and-articles), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NationalFarmtoSchoolNetwork/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/farmtoschool), and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/farmtoschool/) for stories and ideas.
👉 Get Involved: Explore the Farm to School Month events calendar (http://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/farm-to-school-month ) !
👉 Shop the Look: Check out the official merch collection (https://www.zazzle.com/collections/119508253873195451) for exclusive apparel, stationery, and more.
👉 Spread the Word: Share your celebrations using and .
👉 Explore Resources: Access free planning tools and beautifully redesigned artwork by Rachel Yumi Chung here (http://www.farmtoschool.org/our-work/farm-to-school-month ).

We are so proud to be part of this bigger, national initiative! Let’s grow together this October - Happy National Farm to School Month! 🌾💚

10/13/2025

We are so grateful for our Green Heart volunteers!! 💚 Sending out a HUGE thank you this morning to everyone who showed up & stuck with us through the rain this weekend at Riverfront Revival. Y’all were AMAZING, and we couldn’t have done it without you!!

10/13/2025

We are so grateful for our Green Heart volunteers!! 💚 Sending out a HUGE thank you to everyone who showed up & stuck with us through the rain this weekend at Riverfront Revival. We couldn’t have done it without you!!

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759 King Street
Charleston, SC
29403

Telephone

(843) 790-3188

Website

http://www.greenheartsc.org/

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