Diggin' It: Michelle Obama and Friends Plant White House Kitchen Garden

First lady hosts seventh garden planting.

A Cause for Celebration - First Lady Michelle Obama participated in the seventh planting of the White House kitchen garden on April 15 with the help of a group of school children from around the nation. This year there was an extra reason to celebrate besides the anticipation of delicious summer veggies. "This is an important planting because this is the fifth birthday of Let's Move!, and we're celebrating," the first lady said. "And we are doing it by having representatives from all of the Let's Move! initiatives throughout the country as a real reflection of how many kids and how many families are being impacted."(Photo: Cheriss May)

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A Cause for Celebration - First Lady Michelle Obama participated in the seventh planting of the White House kitchen garden on April 15 with the help of a group of school children from around the nation. This year there was an extra reason to celebrate besides the anticipation of delicious summer veggies. "This is an important planting because this is the fifth birthday of Let's Move!, and we're celebrating," the first lady said. "And we are doing it by having representatives from all of the Let's Move! initiatives throughout the country as a real reflection of how many kids and how many families are being impacted."(Photo: Cheriss May)

GimmeFive - To kick off the summer planting season, the first lady launched "this cool thing called the GimmeFive Challenge." The goal is to encourage kids and school and community gardens to plant the five new vegetables she and the children planted this year: broccoli, spinach, bok choy, radishes and lettuce. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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GimmeFive - To kick off the summer planting season, the first lady launched "this cool thing called the GimmeFive Challenge." The goal is to encourage kids and school and community gardens to plant the five new vegetables she and the children planted this year: broccoli, spinach, bok choy, radishes and lettuce. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Welcome! - The first lady greets students before they begin planting vegetables.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Welcome! - The first lady greets students before they begin planting vegetables.(Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

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Let's Get This Planting Started! - The first lady plants seeds with Nare Kande, 9, an avid gardener in the New York Botanical Garden's children's gardening program, and Marley Santos, 11, of Foothill Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

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Let's Get This Planting Started! - The first lady plants seeds with Nare Kande, 9, an avid gardener in the New York Botanical Garden's children's gardening program, and Marley Santos, 11, of Foothill Elementary School in Boulder, Colorado.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

Kindred Spirits - Nare, age 9, lives in Harlem. In addition to in the Botanical Garden program, he grows vegetables in his school's rooftop garden and grows tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries in his windowsill garden at home. "I love planting because one it doesn't cost as much and two it tastes better than [processed supermarket vegetables]," he told BET.com. He and the first lady talked about their love of gardening and the "voyages" they will take, Nare said. (Photo: Cheriss May)

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Kindred Spirits - Nare, age 9, lives in Harlem. In addition to in the Botanical Garden program, he grows vegetables in his school's rooftop garden and grows tomatoes, lettuce and strawberries in his windowsill garden at home. "I love planting because one it doesn't cost as much and two it tastes better than [processed supermarket vegetables]," he told BET.com. He and the first lady talked about their love of gardening and the "voyages" they will take, Nare said. (Photo: Cheriss May)

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Digging In - The first lady offers some guidance on planting.(Photo: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov)

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Digging In - The first lady offers some guidance on planting.(Photo: Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov)

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Pinch Me - If there was a thought balloon above this little boy's head it might read, "Am I really chilling with Michelle Obama?" (Photo: Bao Dandan, Xinhua/Landov)

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Pinch Me - If there was a thought balloon above this little boy's head it might read, "Am I really chilling with Michelle Obama?" (Photo: Bao Dandan, Xinhua/Landov)

Keepin' It Moving - Mrs. Obama chats with some of the children who participate in Let's Move! programs around the country.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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Keepin' It Moving - Mrs. Obama chats with some of the children who participate in Let's Move! programs around the country.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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Until the April Showers ... - A Let's Move! volunteer helps students water a flat of seedlings.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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Until the April Showers ... - A Let's Move! volunteer helps students water a flat of seedlings.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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All Hands on Deck - This White House chef will one day cook the rewards of the children's labor.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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All Hands on Deck - This White House chef will one day cook the rewards of the children's labor.(Photo: Joyce Jones/BET)

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Class Picture - The first lady poses with the students and volunteers who helped plant this year's garden. Mrs. Obama encouraged everyone to talk about their gardens online using #GimmeFive. "Let's share our progress, because we're going to come back and harvest in a few months and I'd love to see what other community gardens and school gardens are doing out there to move forward on getting our kids to eat healthy," she said.(Photo: Bao Dandan, Xinhua/Landov)

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Class Picture - The first lady poses with the students and volunteers who helped plant this year's garden. Mrs. Obama encouraged everyone to talk about their gardens online using #GimmeFive. "Let's share our progress, because we're going to come back and harvest in a few months and I'd love to see what other community gardens and school gardens are doing out there to move forward on getting our kids to eat healthy," she said.(Photo: Bao Dandan, Xinhua/Landov)