The Tremont Community Garden is a new project at Tremont Elementary School in Upper Arlington, Ohio that will bring together students, teachers, parents and other members of the community to create a learning laboratory for the kids and also provide fresh produce to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. We've created this blog, Growing Together, so that everyone can follow the garden's progress from planting through harvest. We hope you stop by often!
Our work begins tomorrow, April 10, at 9:00 a.m. We'll be building four raised beds on the north side of the school and filling the beds with soil.
On April 24th, we'll be planting the beds. Our crops will include herbs, squash, peas, lettuce, beans, eggplant, cucumbers, tomatoes and many other vegetables. In addition to planting the vegetable garden, we'll be tackling a number of other landscape beautification projects around the school. We need lots of volunteers, so if you'd like to join us, please send me an email at tremontgrowingtogether@gmail.com.
We are so excited about this project because it offers endless possibilities for the kids. We're working with the teachers in all grades to incorporate the garden into the curriculum in the areas of science, math, nutrition and art, just to name a few. In addition to traditional subjects, we believe that garden will provide valuable lessons in working together as a community and service to others.
We can't wait to see where this adventure leads us!
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