I was in to the GC Huston Public School in Southampton Ontario the other day and saw the GC Hawks progress on their class Healthy Neighbour Project group....WOW! we have some awesome gardeners coming up behind us! Their plants were about 12" high and extremely robust. And this group has quite the community project going on outside their school. Community players have come together to build over 30 garden plots-some are small 4 x 10 foot plots while others are 10 x 10 foot monsters. The comraderie that occurs in that garden is something to behold.
The garden paths have just been spread with shavings donated by tree removers. The students have pizza days throughout the year and have saved all of the boxes. They've laid them down on the pathways and topped up wtih the shavings...gotta love the reuse concept there. A local dome home builder has created a great wood storage shed with a slanted roof that will eventually fill a water barrel and a great cedar bench awaits a weary kneed gardener. Complete with picnic table and identirier sticks, this is a place for community to come together. This site will eventually be home to a dome teaching room outside abutting the community garden. The vision is spectacular and it just seems to have taken on a life of its own....not with out the beaded brows of some very dedicated individuals though.
Music and shared foods are planned later in the season and you have to know Southampton. Besides being a gorgeous little town with a strong arts community, they are also blessed with the Saugeen River, miles of Lake Huron Shoreline and spectacular award winning sunsets....and a community full of people that appreciate each other.
Way to go GC Huston! We'll be waiting for your weigh ins!
The garden paths have just been spread with shavings donated by tree removers. The students have pizza days throughout the year and have saved all of the boxes. They've laid them down on the pathways and topped up wtih the shavings...gotta love the reuse concept there. A local dome home builder has created a great wood storage shed with a slanted roof that will eventually fill a water barrel and a great cedar bench awaits a weary kneed gardener. Complete with picnic table and identirier sticks, this is a place for community to come together. This site will eventually be home to a dome teaching room outside abutting the community garden. The vision is spectacular and it just seems to have taken on a life of its own....not with out the beaded brows of some very dedicated individuals though.
Music and shared foods are planned later in the season and you have to know Southampton. Besides being a gorgeous little town with a strong arts community, they are also blessed with the Saugeen River, miles of Lake Huron Shoreline and spectacular award winning sunsets....and a community full of people that appreciate each other.
Way to go GC Huston! We'll be waiting for your weigh ins!