Our Forest Path Begins

I believe in documenting work done.  Whether it is a part of a small, personal project, or much larger ones with volunteers and staff.  This blog is an effort to record the amazing work done by a small urban school, dedicated parents, inspiring PTA, and a staff I could only wish every school employed.

As an environmental educator for over 10 years, this community has brought me to tears many times.  Their selflessness for their students, and their willingness to accept my guidance in their garden and forest should be inspiring to all.

I was first introduced to this group in the fall of 2011.  They had a garden, the PTA was maintaining it, and a few teachers wanted to benefit from it in more ways than they could imagine.

Over the past year I have had the privilege of assisting them in creating a forest path, adding more garden beds, adding 3 butterfly gardens and a perennial bed, and working with each grade level to add the garden into their current curriculum. 

And so we begin with the blog, to increase interest in their site and to document all of their hard work.

The following set of photos are what we began with.  In following posts I will add each area's progress through photos and stories.

 

     Our Forest, no underbrush, no path, lots of potential

 

Grate to the headwaters

 

 

Raised beds

 

Compost bins

 









 

the corner, drainage area?

 

 







 

the main gate