First, we have involved our art classes to create a tire garden. Each of Mrs. Camacho's art classes walked down the street to Denson's Tire and rolled several tires back to our space. The plan, you ask. Paint, stack and fill each tire so that wild flowers and drought resistant species can be planted. This is an ambitious project, but it's going to expand our planting space and add lots of color. 
All together they hauled and sorted 80 tires. I wish I had video of the kids rolling the tires down the hill to the school, it was HILARIOUS!
Goal #1 for the tire project: PAINT! I'm leaving that up to Mrs. Camacho.
Goal #2 for the tire project: Haul DIRT! It's gonna take alot of dirt to fill 80 tires, I'm sweating just thinking about it.
Second, we visited Wasington Pre-K and ECC. They have a beautiful garden, and I have to admit, I was a little envious. I can definitely see what our garden could be in the future. This brings me to my second student post. Jesus hesitantly volunteered to blog as we visited so we could have a first hand account as things happened.
"Hello my name is Jesus Estrada and I go to Palestine Middle School , So we arrived at Washington School. Mrs. Herrington is giving our class a tour of their garden.The 4 year olds that planted all these plants, Its so cute , They came out side and explained to us what they did and how they planted them, the Maintenance plant a garden every year and the school out grew theirs. The 4 year old kids planted a lot of plants. They planted there seeds on February 12th. They told us that , Their garden is beautiful , I can not believe how big and how these 4 year olds planted all these plants, it’s so amazing seeing these kids make garden like that. This is the schools second year making a garden , so they know what they’re doing" |
| Mrs. Herrington explained all about the Pre-K garden. They have planted a "soup garden." As part of their project, they invite all the parents to the school at the end of the year to enjoy soup made from the harvested veggies. |
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The Washington Garden consisted of four raised beds built by parent volunteers. The beds were filled with rich soil from the bottom of the Neches River.
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| This was one of our many gracious hosts for the after noon. She explained all about planting and watering. I was so impressed by the composure of these kids. They were very well spoken and confidant. |
Each bed was planted and tended by two classes. They planted corn, sugar snaps, squash, tomatoes, green beans, carrots, cabbage, and potatoes.
The whole gang. The big kids and little kids posed together behind the corn. This was a great opputunity for everyone. The big kids saw what is possible and the little kids got to show off their work. I felt like a proud momma. Love all these kids!
(P.S. Video to come!)
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