{"id":1621,"date":"2025-05-07T21:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2025-05-07T21:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T21:19:40","slug":"washington-elementary-school-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2025\/05\/07\/washington-elementary-school-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Elementary School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e4496339ea804ec07d9bdbd9cfc0311\" style=\"color:#06786d\">Roselle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>A Modest April <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, I&#8217;m brand new to gardening, but I saw an opportunity at my school. 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