A wide array of activities, like bird-watching, planting seeds and even installing a solar panel-powered water fountain, are all completed by the students.
The students carry a garden journal to document this data and other observations. The efforts have caught the eye of local and national organizations that have awarded grants to fund more projects. Using grant money from the Whole Kids Foundation, the gardeners at Estes Hills have already begun to expand. Volunteers built a greenhouse at neighboring Guy B.
Phillips Middle School so that students at both schools could collaborate and grow together. Jess says the garden has become a model for other schools in the district that are starting similar programs. Back in the garden on that cold February day, the kids finish up planting the eggplant seeds and circle up beside two potted ginkgo trees to hear from Diana and Miranda.
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