Using 21st century technology, the senior residents of Spring Hills Mount Vernon Assisted Living, 3709 Shannons Green Way in Alexandria, are celebrating National Nutrition Month by creating indoor vertical aeroponic growing systems to harvest homegrown, fruits, vegetables and herbs to serve at their dining tables for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the senior community.

Aeroponic growing systems are vertical tower gardens that use water and air in sunny indoor or outdoor areas to produce vegetables, herbs or flowers in about half the time of traditional growing locations. Spring Hills Mount Vernon residents, associates and volunteers will tend the state-of-the-art gardening towers as they produce tomatoes, lettuce, basil, peppers, spinach, beans, cucumbers, melons and herbs.

Spring Hills Mount Vernon provides assisted living and memory care. For more information, see www.springhillsmountvernon.com.