La Tercera Elementary

La Tercera Elementary is the first STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) focused elementary school in Sonoma County. Our garden will be an integral component of STEM learning for all of our students. The ultimate goal of our garden is to create an awareness for our students in the importance of healthy eating. The garden will provide opportunities for students to be involved in the developing and maintaining of garden beds. Last year, Sonoma County Master Gardeners provided us with a worm bin which will continue to be utilized this year. This year, we will achieve this through our after school garden club. We would also like to develop a connection between the garden and our school cafeteria. This grant will make it possible for us to develop a composting system which will help reduce the amount of food waste produced from school lunches. It will also allow us to replace the soil in many of our existing garden beds in order to remove invasive Bermuda grass from these beds.