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| Front Gardens at Project Learn School |
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| Backyard pergola at Project Learn School |
Flowers and shrubs, vegetables and more flowers are all in bloom at Project Learn School (PLS).The front and back gardens had major work done to them over the summer. Lucy Miller and her family and Anna Herman worked on the PLS gardens to make them look better.
Lucy, her son Graham, and her husband Russell worked on making the front garden look nicer. They planted four crepe myrtle bushes and one tree, three kinds of grasses, many flowers and about twenty or so lirope plants down the front of the garden along the edge of the sidewalk. She has been working on this garden for about three years and she decided to go all out this summer so it would look really nice. Lucy talked about why she decided to do this project. “It makes me and my family feel good. It makes PL families feel good, and all the neighbors feel good.” said Lucy. “Over the years many kids of PL have planted things in the front yard. The rose bush was planted by Sarah Decker many years ago. It is a pink rose which reminds us of her spirit.”
Anna Herman did most of her work in the back yard. She planted a vegetable garden which has turnips, radishes, lettuce,kale, and herbs in planting boxes. There are some green beans left to pick. The summer vegetable are all gone. The only ones left are the fall season vegetables. Anna also had a wooden structure built in the backyard meant to be a gateway to and from the gardens. It is located closer to the climber and is called a small pergola. Anna also built planters on the sides of this structure so some plants can climb up and over the structure.
On the right side of the backyard, there are pollinator plants. They provide pollen, nectar and habitats for honey bees, native bees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinator insects. The pollinator plants are dill, coriander, mint, phlox, sunflowers and mirinda.There is also a metal wind structure in the pollinator garden, that moves when it is windy. Anna wanted to add an element of movement when she decided to bring that piece into the yard.
“I think it is beautiful and fun.” said Anna when she was talking about gardening. “I think it is important for people to see where and how plants grow. It is important to understand how hard it can be to care for food, to make food happen. When you plant a few radish seeds and three weeks later you have something to eat, it’s magic.”
Lily Waxler, a student in Lisa’s Group said, “I think it’s neat that the school grows things.”
Some of the teachers have used some of the veggies from the garden to make dishes with the kids. Joan made a cream cheese spread with the radishes with Lisa’s Group and Pam Chaplin-Lobell also made some things for snacks for the AfterSchool kids.
Lucy, her son Graham, and her husband Russell worked on making the front garden look nicer. They planted four crepe myrtle bushes and one tree, three kinds of grasses, many flowers and about twenty or so lirope plants down the front of the garden along the edge of the sidewalk. She has been working on this garden for about three years and she decided to go all out this summer so it would look really nice. Lucy talked about why she decided to do this project. “It makes me and my family feel good. It makes PL families feel good, and all the neighbors feel good.” said Lucy. “Over the years many kids of PL have planted things in the front yard. The rose bush was planted by Sarah Decker many years ago. It is a pink rose which reminds us of her spirit.”
Anna Herman did most of her work in the back yard. She planted a vegetable garden which has turnips, radishes, lettuce,kale, and herbs in planting boxes. There are some green beans left to pick. The summer vegetable are all gone. The only ones left are the fall season vegetables. Anna also had a wooden structure built in the backyard meant to be a gateway to and from the gardens. It is located closer to the climber and is called a small pergola. Anna also built planters on the sides of this structure so some plants can climb up and over the structure.
On the right side of the backyard, there are pollinator plants. They provide pollen, nectar and habitats for honey bees, native bees, butterflies, moths, and other pollinator insects. The pollinator plants are dill, coriander, mint, phlox, sunflowers and mirinda.There is also a metal wind structure in the pollinator garden, that moves when it is windy. Anna wanted to add an element of movement when she decided to bring that piece into the yard.
“I think it is beautiful and fun.” said Anna when she was talking about gardening. “I think it is important for people to see where and how plants grow. It is important to understand how hard it can be to care for food, to make food happen. When you plant a few radish seeds and three weeks later you have something to eat, it’s magic.”
Lily Waxler, a student in Lisa’s Group said, “I think it’s neat that the school grows things.”
Some of the teachers have used some of the veggies from the garden to make dishes with the kids. Joan made a cream cheese spread with the radishes with Lisa’s Group and Pam Chaplin-Lobell also made some things for snacks for the AfterSchool kids.
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