06/02/2026
The Virginia Run Garden beds were once maintained by a Garden Club through the school’s PTA. However, after the pandemic, we no longer had the Garden Club, and the school’s garden beds became overrun with weeds and wildlife. In the 2023-2024 school year, every school in FCPS was directed to have a Get2Green team, and our students made it clear by the end of the year that they wanted to learn about composting and gardening. The following year, we built up our Get2Green program and learned more about gardening as we began the process of clearing out the beds last spring. We covered them for the summer to kill off the remaining weeds and keep new ones from growing until we could plant this spring! In preparation, we were able to use our Get2Green funds to purchase an indoor garden shelf, lamps, and plant containers. Students learned how to mix soil with fertilizer and plant seeds to help them germinate, so that we could put them in the ground a month or so later. Students at Virginia Run saw the indoor garden upstairs as the plants began to sprout and grow. This May, our Get2Green team, along with the help of Mrs. Prakash and Mrs. Connor, transformed our garden beds! We now have herbs, pumpkins, tomatoes, cucumbers, and a variety of perennials growing in our garden beds. All of this was purchased using our Get2Green funds from Fairfax County. It is our hope that these garden beds not only continue to grow and bloom to show the beauty of the plants, but also serve as a learning tool for all our students at Virginia Run Elementary School for years to come!
