Hello from the Hoop House! During our warmer-than-usual winter, we’ve grown kale, lettuces, carrots, radishes, and more. Other plots are getting all the soil benefits of cover cropping with rye grass and clover, while our perennials, like the herb garden and strawberry patch, have remained healthy and dormant. We are so excited to start planting in the spring and look forward to more growing seasons to come!

New Faces

We are happy to share with students and community members that Lee Arbogast, a neighbor to the campus and community education instructor at KVCC, is joining our Hoop House team! He brings extensive technical and agricultural knowledge, a passion for connecting with people, and is excited to work with anyone who visits the Hoop House. You can come garden, work with the interns, and meet Lee during Spring Term open hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30p-6:00p.

Spring, and Beyond!

This fall, the Hoop House celebrated its fifth year as a campus learning, growing, and community space. During the 2023 Homecoming weekend, we looked back on the years of stories, challenges, and wins since its construction in the fall of 2018. We noted that the group of students who originally came up with the vision for the Hoop House had almost all graduated by the time of its construction, and some have never seen the completed structure! As difficult as it may have been to reckon with the reality of leaving K in the middle of a project, those students showed that they trusted the processes in place and believed in the important groundwork they had laid for its future success. As we have carried with us their hopes and dreams for the Hoop House, we also carry with us their patience and trust that the space will continue to morph and provide for the College and community in years to come. Now, we have the chance to share some exciting news: thanks to the generosity of members of our K community, the Hoop House has been supported to continue nurturing our growing cycles and communities of future students!

Stop on by!

The best way to acknowledge this support, as well as the hopes and hard work of K students past and present, is simply to show up (and invite your friends)! Come down to the Hoop House, get your hands working in the garden, and enjoy the fresh food and good company that grows there.

Spring term open hours for the Hoop House are: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4:30-6:00pm.