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| Students in the Study Garden Club sort and weigh some of their harvest to donate to the local food bank |
Winter is firmly here; the sweet memories of warm weather, green grass, and a thriving garden are becoming more distant. Though new excitement comes along with snow (snow angels and subsequent snow ball fights, followed by hot cocoa indoors), the nostalgia of running out to the garden, sans shoes and socks, can hit hard. Especially for kids; a month might as well be a year–a whole winter seems a lifetime!
Will summer ever come back? To keep the memory alive, it’s fun to look back at the previous growing season. Not just our own fun pictures (of which we have hundreds), but also pictures of what other people have grown.
I found this series of pictures on Facebook, and was utterly thrilled. The school, Study Elementary, is in our school system. I’ve driven past Study hundreds of times, but have never visited–though now I’m so fascinated by the work of the Garden Club that I’m pondering: how odd would it be for a stranger to request a visit during the growing-garden months?
The coolest thing about the Study Garden Club is this: The club set a goal to grow and donate 100 pounds of food to our local food bank. When they tallied up their totals, they had surpassed the goal; 114 pounds of fresh produce had made its way to Community Harvest food bank. What an amazing success! I looked and found that a local newspaper noted the donation here, at this link.
Every school should have a garden, and a Garden Club with active membership. Enjoy these pictures of Study Garden Club. My little crew of gardeners and I loved seeing what Study’s students grew, and can’t wait until it’s time to get back out and try some new ideas for ourselves. Perhaps we will even try our hand at growing a cotton plant (as you’ll see in the following pics, Study did just that) this upcoming season!
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| Some of the fresh tomatoes donated to Community Harvest |