Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary School

Our goal is to continually evaluate what it takes to keep our garden sustainable and accessible for staff, students and volunteers who tend the garden throughout the year. An area that we have been striving to improve is the accessibility of garden tools/supplies for staff, students and volunteers. A shed near our garden has recently been rehabilitated for use as a garden storage shed. This is great news. For 4 years we have relied on borrowing garden tools from families as well as tools used by the school maintenance group. The lack of garden-designated tools has made going out to the garden with 20-30 children a challenge at times. We have found it is best to break classes into smaller, manageable groups, each focusing on a different area of the garden. To make this more successful, we are looking for grant money that will enable us to purchase a good selection of durable garden tools and supplies.