The idea of a school garden at South blossomed in the spring of 2014 with the support of teachers and administrators. After comparing different possible garden sites on the campus we decided to construct a working vegetable, herb and flower garden in the abandoned rose garden in the middle of our school parking lot. This project was designed with the goal of providing a beautiful, sustainable, and educational resource for our school community. The garden will engage students in lessons on agriculture, health, art and science through our ELT class time and after school garden club.
This week has been particularly exciting in the garden. With the generous help of the Grounds Guys the garden has risen to a whole new level. In just four hours the crew of about 20 (including children helpers!) dug in and got to work building and placing 14 new raised vegetable beds, flush with a new drip irrigation system. The volunteer project also included decomposed granite pathways throughout the garden to help maintain mud free gardening year round! With all of this fabulous space and soil to grow in we are ready to start our winter garden off right with some winter veggies like onions, garlic and kale, as well as a cover crop to prepare the soil for spring planting. We are so excited here at school about the progress this garden is making and cannot thank the Grounds Guys enough for their amazing support!
For more information about the garden check out the garden site at: