Garden Supplies | Vinewood Garden Grows Food, Experiences
Watermelons stretch their vines over the raised planter beds.Corn tassels sway in the breeze. Tomatoes redden or even yellowdepending on their variety under the afternoon sun.
Not only did Vinewood Elementary School staff, students andfamilies pitch in to revive the dilapidated garden, but localbusinesses helped to bring garden coordinator Rebel Hildenbrand’sdream to fruition. Community members lent their skills andknowledge, from wiring sprinklers, putting up the fence and othertasks in the yearlong project.
Students held a spare change day and raised more than $400 tobuy garden supplies. Fourth-, fifthand sixth-graders help afterschool and learn about being entrepreneurs by selling the harvest.They also learn how farmers have to sell their crops every day.
As parents arrive to pick up their children after school, theyalso pick up bags of tomatoes, cucumbers, corn, jalepeos and herbsduring the farmers market on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Sixth-grade teacher Kirk Rossi even donated peaches and lemonsfrom his own garden for the kids to sell at their market.
The prices of the fresh fruits and veggies run from 50 cents toa dollar and will go back into the Garden Club project.
“Rebel embraced the idea and turned the dilapidated garden intothe most beautiful part of our campus,” said Principal ScottMcGregor. “The reality of it is that in a tough budgetary time, theschool didn’t spend a penny. The community stepped up. Lowe’s wasdefinitely a benefit.”
Of the garden, McGregor says, “It’s welcoming to the childrenand to the parents as they come to school. Kids and parents
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