Bloomfield Community Garden Nutrition program

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Photos by Patti Danner

Bloomfield Public Library and its Community Garden were the site of nutrition learning, harvesting, preparing and gobbling down fresh fruits and vegetables Tuesday. Some scenes from the event.

Most of the group, including, from left, Armonda Riggs (kneeling), Jess McKamey, a Bloomfield mother, Jack Terrell, Dr. Tope Erinosho, Katherine Jochim-Pope, Tien-Lu Huang and Dianne Langer, gather as they ready for the evening. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Cucumbers in raised beds await their maturity. (Photo by Patti Danner)
The beet harvest is especially plentiful so far. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Hooray! With Pope's encouragement, four-year-old Rylee Todd harvests her first carrot and both celebrate. (Photo by Patti Danner)

Bloomfield Public Library Director Jess McKamey looks pleased with her beet harvest. (Photo by Patti Danner)
One of the many summer plants in the growth process. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd does her best to locate a good carrot from the bed. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd pulls a beautiful carrot from a raised bed. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd looks thrilled to have discovered more carrots. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Tomatoes growing away at the Bloomfield Public Library Community Garden. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Moving inside the library, the four new friends discuss nutrition. (Photo by Patti Danner)
With the help of Katherine Jochim Pope and a plastic safety knife, Todd slices her bananas. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd Carefully slices the peel from green apples. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd said she'd never peeled a tiny orange before. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Todd's finished fruit rainbow, which she devoured with glee. (Photo by Patti Danner)
Tien-Liu Huang tries to convince Todd to be his dance partner, but she was just too shy. (Photo by Patti Danner)