{"id":2305,"date":"2026-05-22T20:40:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=2305"},"modified":"2026-08-06T21:01:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:01:02","slug":"dr-martin-luther-king-jr-school-no-52-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2026\/05\/22\/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-school-no-52-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 52"},"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>Out of this World \ud83c\udf0e Gardening<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Union County Commissioner Palmieri-Mouded was in attendance at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 52! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">A fun fact about one of the flowers we planted: the Zinnia. Did you know that it was the first flower to bloom in outer space? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">In 2016, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly was able to successfully grow bright orange Zinnias on the International Space Station (ISS). 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