Community Montessori

Our ultimate objective is for our garden to become self-sustaining and serve as a mainstay of our entrepreneurship, philanthropy, health and wellness, practical life, science, and history curriculum. In the short term, our goal for this year is to build a durable shed that will protect our tools from weathering, expand our blueberry crop, amend the soil for our five raised beds (4’x20’), purchase new seeds and plants, purchase new and replace old tools, purchase new herb seeds and plants for our herb garden, and create a butterfly garden. We have also discussed expanding our project to include a small orchard on our back four acres at our school. All of these investments will promote the ongoing success of our salad bar, our Farmer’s Market booth, and our nutritional goals associated with our health and wellness curriculum. Beyond these practical goals, we have academic goals of using our garden as an outdoor laboratory for science studies as well as historical investigations.