Local students play a huge role in preparing for East Charlotte’s upcoming Spring Festival.
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“I helped grow strawberries, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, corn, green beans,” says Johana Henriquez Morales.
In addition to growing a variety of peas, they use these gardening tools to learn more about science and health.
“This community garden is important because they allow children to grow their own produce outside. For parents, spending time in peace and nature is also therapeutic.”
During the pandemic, fresh fruits and vegetables have been a lifesaver for many families.Garden managers show how they are able to provide countless families with their own potatoes.
“I water the plants. I also grow things in the summer and spring,” says Henriquez Morales.”I’ll help repaint the furniture to make the garden look friendlier.
Garden manager Heliodora Alvarez works with the kids, so they’re getting ready to open their pop-up farmers market this spring.If their efforts pay off, students will raise enough funds to conduct field trips.
Mark your calendars for the 12th anniversary of the Twelve Years of Digging on May 14th.Event organisers will be hosting a free event opposite the adjacent Winterfield Primary School.
Additionally, the Youth Garden Club will be running a pop-up farmers market alongside fun activities like vendors, food trucks, live music, exhibits and more.
Schools also need soil, planting tools, mulch or outdoor rugs, seeds and shipping costs.Saxman estimates the cost to be approximately $6,704.22.She said the grant was a reimbursement grant, and she said the school could do a lot in kind.
“We’re going to get metal raised garden beds that water automatically, so that’s going to limit the number of times students have to come out and water things like that,” Saxman said.
Saxman has partnered with the Punxsutawney Garden Club, with club president Gloria Kerr coming to the school to help decide the best place for the garden to grow on the campus.The IUP Institute of Culinary Arts will be helping with some local farms.She also plans to work with the Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority and Director Donna Cooper on worm composting.