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Below are links to various media coverage about the Federal Way Community Gardens! Enjoy!

Photos and Slideshows:

●  Master Gardener Mike Stanley recently turned his attention to the two beehives at the Federal Way Senior Center Community Garden and extracted 40 pounds of honey! For a slideshow of the event, click here!
●  Groundbreaking for the Light of Christ Community Garden took place on September 18, 2011. Click here for a terrific story and slideshow, as featured in the Federal Way Mirror.
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The Truman High School Garden has started to produce! Click here for a wonderful story and slideshow featured in the Federal Way Mirror on June 11, 2011.
●  Photo Gallery: Be sure to look at our Photo Gallery! Check back
●  You can also visit our Facebook page to see the month-by-month progress of the Senior Center Garden.

Print and Online Newspapers:

●  Federal Way Mirror: Garden Season Sprouts at Federal Way Schools (2/16/12)
●  Federal Way Mirror: Michael Stanley wins "Service Above Self" Award (6/21/2011)
●  Federal Way Mirror: Harvest begins at Truman (6/11/2011)
●  F
ederal Way Mirror: Groundbreaking at Truman (9/25/2010)
●  Federal Way Mirror: "Catch the Bug" fundraiser a success (8/30/2010)
●  50-Plus Northwest: Community Garden Benefits Seniors (8/6/2010)
●  Federal Way Mirror: Planting A Vision (4/17/2010)
●  Federal Way Mirror: "Garden of Eatin'" (8/17/2009)
●  Federal Way Mirror: Pride Blossoms at Community Garden (5/5/2009)
●  Federal Way Mirror: Community Garden Plants a Seed (10/15/2008)

The Gardener's Way:
Mike's column in the Federal Way Mirror:

●  Community gardens feed Federal Way's prosperity (1/29/11)
●  Tomato Ripening and the Fall Harvest (8/23/2010)
●  "The Ripe Stuff" (7/20/2010)
●  Surviving the Cold Summer (7/5/2010)
●  Strawberries are Ripening! (6/12/2010)
●  Vegetable Gardens (5/24/2010)


Videos:

Truman High School Community Garden
Here's a video filmed and produced by the Internet Academy, with highlights from the Truman Community Garden groundbreaking on Sept. 22, 2010.


Northwest Focus Show
Executive Director Mike Stanley was interviewed by Erin Michael of
KWPX-TV (ION media networks) for her NW Focus show. The 30-minute show provides a wonderful overview of our garden project. View the clip below! (9/9/2010)

Spreading the Gardens
In this short video, Master Gardener Mike Stanley touches on plans to expand the community garden concept in Federal Way:


 


National News

First Lady Michelle Obama addressed the American Community Gardens Association on eating rights, childhood obesity, and the White House's Kitchen Garden. You can see her speech here or by clicking on the video below.


 

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