{"id":2680,"date":"2026-11-01T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/?p=2680"},"modified":"2026-11-05T16:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T16:06:44","slug":"neighborhood-house-association-school-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ucnj.org\/plant-a-seed-blog\/2026\/11\/01\/neighborhood-house-association-school-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighborhood House Association 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\">Plainfield<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Bees in the Fall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">During the fall, the students had the opportunity to observe bees as they continued to visit the flowers. 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