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Recent Media Features:
D.C United, #UnitedWeServe: Recap video displayed during pregame at Audi Field for Sustainability Night. D.C. United’s United We Serve program partnered with City Blossoms to host a volunteer workday at The Youth Garden at The Farm at Kelly Miller.
Apple: Apple announces major progress toward climate goals ahead of Earth Day.
OXO: City Blossoms’ Rafael Woldeab on Gardens, Green Spaces, and Cultivating Youth Leadership in D.C.
NBC Washington: News 4 Your Sunday: Gardening, Pat Lawson Muse (May 2022), highlighting City Blossoms’ partnership with the U.S. Botanic Garden.
Humans Outside Podcast: 204: How City Gardening Can Connect Nature, Diversity and Inclusion (Rafael Woldeab), Amy Bushatz (May 2022), featuring, Executive Director, Rafael Woldeab.
Washington Gardener Magazine: New School Garden Guide Encourages Garden-based Learning in DC Schools, Molly Cuddy (June 2021), featuring “Growing Strong: A Comprehensive Guide to Support All School Garden Programs in the District,” by City Blossoms, the U.S. Botanic Garden, and OSSE.
Older Features:
Better Home and Gardens: Stylemakers Who Are Making a Difference, Kristina McGuirk (April 2021), Featuring Co-Founder, Rebecca Lemos-Otero.
Wamu 88.5 The Kojo Nnamdi Show: A New Age For Gardens? How to Grow Your Own Food During a Pandemic, Kojo NNamdi, Kayla Hewitt (April 2020), Featuring Kendra Hazel, Community Green Spaces educator.
Voice of Witness: City Blossoms: Changing Narratives Around Green Spaces, Praveena Fernes (November 2019), Guest blog spotlight on the community Green spaces program and City Blossoms’ emphasis on storytelling.
The Washington Post: One Square Mile - A guide to local favorites in Blagden Alley, Washington, D.C., Austin Graff, Melina Mara (July 2019), featuring Marion St. Intergenerational Garden.
Telemundo44: Alerta Verde: jóvenes alzan la voz por el planeta: En el Día Mundial de la Tierra un grupo de jóvenes y activistas se hacen oir en defensa del medio ambiente. Alban Zamora (April 2019), con una Educadora de City Blossoms, Jocelyn Lobos.
Edible Activist Podcast: #027 City Blossoms, Melissa Jones, Full service Radio (April 2019), featuring co-Founder, Rebecca Lemos-Otero.
Better Home & Gardens: Planting a Seed, Andrea Caughey, Brie Williams (September 2018), featuring Co-Founder, Rebecca Lemos-Otero and Youth Entrepreneurship Coop. program participants Ta’jhaun Brown and Kameela Owens.
PBS NewsHour + Student Reporting Labs: This Teen Led Food Co-op is Harvesting a Healthier Future, Kevin Broome, Alex Cirino, Caden Jacobs, and Leah Thomas (August 2018), featuring Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative members (Mighty Greens) from Cardozo Education Campus and Eastern senior High school.
NPR science desk story: Replacing Vacant Lots With Green Spaces Can Ease Depression In Urban Communities, Rhitu Chatterjee (July 2018), featuring Co-Founder, Rebecca Lemos-Otero and Girard Children's Community garden.
NBC4 Washington: Harris' Heroes, Leon Harris, Michelle Rivera and Perkins Broussard (JUly 2018), Featuring Rebecca Lemos-Otero, and Summer Youth Entrepreneurship Cooperative member Rasha Rida.
ABC7 WJLA: City Blossoms: Nonprofit uses gardening to educate and empower, Kellye Lynn (June 2017), featuring Students of CentroNía 1420 within their School Garden and City Blossoms' intern Lauren Newman.
NBC4 Los Angeles: As School Gardens Grow, So Do the Students – and Teachers – Who Tend Them, Noreen O'Donnell and Emilie Mutert (June 2017), mentioning City Blossoms School Garden Partners Program model.
Fox5 Newscast (May 2017), featuring Spring Mighty Greens Seedling Sale at Eastern Senior High School.
NPR's The Salt: Healthy Eaters, Strong Minds: What School Gardens Teach Kids, Paige Pfleger (August 2015), featuring Mighty Greens team members at Eastern Senior High School.