We the students of Mark Newbie Green Team will be in the process of making a garden for our school this spring. We are applying for a grant through Whole Foods of $2,000 to make this possible. The Borough of Collingswood and Warner’s Landscape and Patio is supporting us through our decision of making our garden. They will be the ones who are helping us to build the initial structure.
We have been throwing around a few ideas. It would be amazing if we had a rain barrel to recycle the rain by catching the water and using it to feed the plants and a composting bin to turn the rotten fruit and vegetables into fresh, nutritious soil to plant more.
Planting in the spring seems perfect for lettuces, garlic, carrots, peppers, eggplant and cherry tomatoes. It would be nice to plant jersey blueberries and a fruit bearing tree or maybe a lemon tree or a fig tree. An herb border will be perfect with lavender, rosemary and lemon thyme. A barrel of herbs would also be great with parsley, basil, chocolate mint, and maybe some chives.
The crops from our garden will be offered and shared at lunchtime and any extras will be donated to a food bank. Hopefully everyone will all have fun and enjoy this garden.
In the end,
we conserve only what we love,
we love only what we understand and
We understand only what we are taught
Written By Evaristo,Catharine,
and edited by Samantha, Chloe, Zachary and Samantha
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| Sebastiano's poetic contribution |
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