Irving Elementary School

We have just wrapped up our first year of gardening at Irving Elementary and are excited to keep growing! We were able to receive funding to purchase a complete Woolly School Garden last year which included 10 hanging planters that transformed our chain-link fence into an urban garden. We also purchased two above-ground planters to complement our hanging garden. While this allowed us and our students to build a garden and teach students the process of growing from seed to harvest, the types and numbers of plants our garden could accommodate was limited and our yields were low. Our goal is to dramatically expand our ability to grow food-producing plants which can be shared with students and families as part of our healthy-schools initiative. The Whole Kids Garden Grant would allow us to purchase additional above-ground planters and soil to fill them, expand our watering system, invest in composting equipment, and build structures to preserve our garden for many years to come!

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