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Spring “G🌻rden” Challenge

Spring “G🌺rden” Challenge

Where?  In your own backyard, apartment or room . . . When?  “and rush to do good deeds” LET’S G🌏! Age? Rated A for all. We’d love your elementary, middle schoolers and high schoolers to participate.

Muslims 4 the Envir🌏nment (M4🌴HEE ), in partnership with the Islamic Association of Raleigh (IAR) invites you to our Spring G🌼rden Challenge. Relax and enjoy some quality outdoor time with the family while reaping the tangible benefits of planting, gardening and connecting with your Creator through the bounties of nature during this challenging time. 

Where? Where else? Whether you live in a family home, apartment or room, you can plant in the comfort of your home in the front or backyard, on the deck, balcony or even inside in a pot. Get immersed in a free and short e-read (The Emperor & The Seed), a story about honesty and integrity that your children will carry for a lifetime. Get your fl🌸wer and vegetable seeds safely and for free🙂by mail (US only), but you may join us wherever you are. Share pics of your newly grown plants in the upcoming weeks. More activities to come soon. Take the challenge. Join the Spring Garden campaign. RSVP below. 

Challenge Instructions Grow flowers, spices, herbs, fruits and vegetables. We’ll provide the seeds (flower and vegetable), you do the good deeds.  But here’s the catch.  You won’t know what you’re planting from our seeds.  Yes 😊  “Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you’re going to get.” To adhere and comply with social distancing rules, we will mail you the seeds or in some cases deliver personally to you front door (no contact front door drop off only). In the subsequent weeks, tell us how your plants and gardens are coming along and share pictures of your newly grown plants with us and with your community.  Our planting experts (judges) will pick the three finalists from the best gardeners for a first, second and third prize. Make it a family affair.

Bonus Challenge Can you find anything in your parents’ kitchen that you can grow? 🤔 We believe you can.

Reading suggestion The Emperor & the Seed (e-story).  This is a book that goes along with the theme of planting seeds.  It is also a story about truthfulness, righteousness and integrity. Below is the link to the story. https://islamcan.com/islamic-stories/the-emperor-and-the-seed.shtml   READ 😊N!

Planting Instructions Planting instructions will be provided with the seeds and via email. They will also be posted here. We will have additional resources where you can learn more about gardening. 

Other activities We will keep you entertained with additional reads, green hadith of the week and animated movies with environmental themes for the whole family.                         

Hadith (Prophetic Narration) Anas ibn Malik (RA) reported that the Messenger (ﷺ) said: “If the final hour came while you have a date palm sapling in your hand and it is possible to plant it, then you should plant it. Sahih (Al-Albani) Al-Adab Al-Mufrad - (Attending to this world chapter).

Gardening Support For additional support on your gardening adventures, you may contact our esteemed and award winning gardeners.   Sr. Nassema at ummnasheet@naminaservice.us Sr. Denise at denise.sakr@alimancrescent.org 

Thank you.

Mouhamadou Niang MIS, PMP, PSM, ITIL4 Executive Director (M4THEE) Muslims 4 the Environment 919-395-3093 (cell) mouhamadou.niang@m4thee.org