Its purpose is to give students the chance to learn how food grows and to plant something in the garden themselves. Many of the crops in the garden will be harvested in the winter, while school is in session, so an emphasis was placed on hardier crops such as leeks, broccoli, carrots, and collard greens.
Groundbreaking was on June 5 at our work bee, where past, present and future A.R. Lord families came out to help. So far, two divisions have come to the garden during class time to plant.
Digging up the grass at the new garden location
Division 7 transplanting leek seedlings
Division 5 planting their seedlings
Discussing what we've just planted
