Starr Elementary Garden

 We do a combination of indoor gardening and cooking activities in two half-hour meetings per week. Our garden is about 10 feet by 25 feet long, enclosed by a fence. Earlier we grew tomatoes and sunflowers, but we have had to switch to flowers and herbs (bee and butterfly friendly). We have just received a donation of some wood that's already in raised bed construction (used for air conditioning parts) and since it is not chemically treated, we can turn them into raised beds in spring. We will locate these in a different area, but will not have an easy time watering. But we'll make it work. The students are learning primarily about how to plant in the ground and in containers, and learning about the importance of bees to the environment.