![]() It also helped me stay on task with planting and harvesting, which allowed the staff and I to be guides for our students. It is on a small scale, but your program really allowed me to plan and communicate to the community what projects we were developing. We meet with the kids weekly to care for and discuss the farm-its struggles and successes, what to plant, when to plant, when to harvest- and they run a monthly farm stand where the kids practice sustainable harvesting practices, customer service skills, math skills, saving, spending, and investing. ![]() Vegetable Garden Planner Review: Robert H. We have quadrupled our coop and run size (safely-we call it Fort Bawx), more than doubled our veggie raised bed numbers, added beds for cut flower arrangements and native pollinators, a medicinal herb garden, multiple fruit trees, a vertical garden of gutters mounted along our chain link fence (also beautification), a solitary bee hotel, 5 water barrels with a drip irrigation system, and a community compost exchange program. For the past two years we have worked as a community to expand, grow, and build an irrigation system. ![]() Our challenges were coop safety, more balanced compost, water, and time. But the space was there, the staff was on board for an expansion, and the kids were already responsible for composting. When I began as a parent volunteer in 2015, we had a small 6 chicken coop, which was constantly under raccoon attack, and three raised beds. We have an absolutely beautiful outdoor area and this year I was able to use your Garden Planner to create a whole program for our students. ![]() “I run a small farm program at Peace Rose Montessori (18 months to 6th grade) in Wilmington, NC. Here is Lauren’s review, garden plan, and photos. The garden planner review by Lauren highlights how the online Garden Planner can be used for a school garden or farm and involve the students! See how it was done. ![]()
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