18/08/2024
What a great morning we shared yesterday❤️ Thank you to the friends and family who showed up to tour Cory Elementary’s ‘homesteading’ operation and the garden at South High School.
It was interesting to learn from Barbara Masoner about the in’s and out’s of the space she manages along with Skeeter (a previous Cory parent who’s son is now in high school at South); why they grow what they grow and where the food goes when harvested. During the summer, much of the produce and even some eggs from the chickens, have been part of our porch pantry distribution, which has been wonderful. Now that school is starting, the families of Cory will be hosting a weekly farmers market, selling the produce and fresh bouquets from this garden.
Max, Lucy and I envied their large shed, their shaded picnic tables (complete with umbrellas) and water station for washing vegetables.
At South we were joined by a few more folks and loved sharing the history and purpose of the space with them. Mary, one of our adult volunteers/retired HS art teacher, shared the banner we have been giving input on. It will say, South Giving Garden, a Magical Place to Bee. Interspersed will be the words and feelings the students shared when in the garden: Magical, Enchanting, Peaceful and Connected❤️
It was a perfect celebration for a wonderful season of working together.
This week Max is off to Regis and Michelle (who we missed yesterday due to a family vacation) will start DU soon but thankfully Lucy is just a junior so we’ll be adding more garden leaders this school year👍🏼Hoping we will still get to see the ‘college kids’ during a weekend workday and/or for gleaning this fall🍎