{"id":2185,"date":"2026-05-20T20:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2026-07-23T20:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:34:45","slug":"thomas-jefferson-arts-academy-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2026\/05\/20\/thomas-jefferson-arts-academy-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy High School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#06786d\">Elizabeth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Dig, Plant, GROW!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Union County Commissioner Stanley Neron joined Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy High School, where they received an ADA raised garden bed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"> One of the things that they were able to plant was tomatoes. 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