{"id":13931,"date":"2010-06-23T17:30:03","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T21:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=13931"},"modified":"2024-02-09T11:53:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:53:52","slug":"tiny-green-thumbs-learn-organic-gardening-at-ucf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/tiny-green-thumbs-learn-organic-gardening-at-ucf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Green Thumbs Learn Organic Gardening at UCF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Creative School \u2013 which provides day care services for children of UCF students, staff, faculty and the community \u2013 hosted a Parents\u2019 Planting day in June to assist with the effort. Parents, children and teachers planted seven rows of organic herbs and vegetables. 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