Friends of Great Kids Farm

The Farm staff have all A’s this year! 🌟

It’s been an incredible year of growth, learning, and impact at Great Kids Farm. From field trips and classroom programs to summits, Farm Family hours, and harvesting fresh produce, the team has worked hard to create meaningful experiences for thousands of students and families.

We hope the Farm staff enjoy some well-deserved time off before summer field trips begin. Thank you for helping make this year such a success! 🌱💚

Friends would like to congratulate our former Executive Director, Nancy Wiley, on her retirement! Great Kids Farm and Friends would not have been the same without you! Thank you for your years of hard work and dedication to the children of Baltimore City Public Schools and Friends of Great Kids Farm. We hope you enjoy the next phase of your journey!

Friends of Great Kids Farm is excited to announce our new Executive Director, Rachel Frick!

Rachel comes to Friends of Great Kids Farm with a robust career spent building bridges between people and knowledge. She contributed to community-based efforts focused on expanding digital access, growing collaboration networks, and stewarding cultural heritage collections. She's an avid birder and a former local planning commission member — someone who has spent a fair amount of time thinking about land, community, and what it means to tend both well. She brings that same hands-on, place-based sensibility to her work, and to her belief that the best learning happens when it's rooted in something real.

As Friends looks toward the future, Rachel's leadership will help strengthen our mission of supporting hands-on agricultural education, food literacy, and environmental stewardship for Baltimore's youth. We are thrilled to welcome her to the Friends of Great Kids Farm community and look forward to the exciting opportunities ahead.

Please join us in welcoming Rachel to Friends of Great Kids Farm!

🌳 Happy Love a Tree Day! 🌳
Trees do so much for us—they clean our air, shade our spaces, support wildlife, and provide food for our communities. Today is a perfect day to slow down, appreciate a tree, and teach kids why caring for nature matters.

Show a little love for the trees that help our world grow 💚

Asparagus is a spring favorite—crunchy, colorful, and packed with nutrients! It’s fun to grow, exciting to harvest, and delicious roasted, steamed, or added to kid-friendly recipes. Celebrating asparagus helps kids explore new vegetables and learn where their food comes from.

Here’s to fresh, seasonal veggies and hands-on garden learning 🌱

Mom needs some plants for her garden!

🫘 Happy Lima Bean Respect Day! 🫘
Lima beans deserve some love! These creamy, protein-packed legumes are full of fiber, vitamins, and minerals that help fuel growing bodies. Whether fresh, dried, or mixed into a favorite recipe, lima beans show kids how plant-based foods can be both nutritious and delicious. Today ,we’re giving lima beans the respect they’ve earned 🌱

🧄 Happy National Garlic Day! 🧄
Small but mighty, garlic adds big flavor and lots of health benefits! This garden staple helps teach kids about growing, cooking, and using fresh ingredients to make meals delicious and nourishing. Plus, it’s easy to grow and fun to harvest! Here’s to celebrating garlic—from the garden to the kitchen 🌱

🍅 Happy National Tomato Day! 🍅