Texas Gardening: knolan thread, 1 by knolan

knolan wrote:
Whew! I finally went up and took pictures of the school garden I started 2 years ago. You would not believe what I had to go through to get this done. I finally joined the PTA Board as VP and was able to accomplish. But not much help from the school or parents. I was hoping to request a grant from the Urban Harvest Program but didn't get enough cooperation from the school or volunteers. This was accomplished by about 4 of us and some boy scout troops taking turns pulling weeds. My hubby and I worked our butt's off many, many, many days. I've seen it to it's fruition and Rachel has now graduated to middle school so there is a new parent taking over. I pray she will have more cooperation than I did.

It was really cool seeing the classes utilize the garden after awhile. The art class would go out and draw pictures, the kindergartners would go out and look at bugs. The first graders learned about butterflys. Every grade has now participated. This is my legacy to my daughter's elementary.