The Village School

Our garden is a very lively part of our school community. One of our more immediate goals is to improve the efficiency of volunteer efforts, and make the garden more self sustaining. Like many school gardens in our region, irrigation is critical in the summer, and volunteers have poured many hours into summer watering. A reliable system will also allow us to cultivate more of our newly expanded garden beds. We also hope to lengthen our growing season and reduce the cost of vegetable starts with a moveable greenhouse. We want to expand our berry section, currently planted with raspberries, to include blueberries. A final area of improvement is in the are of smaller hand tools, trowels and hand cultivators mainly for use by younger students. With grant funding, we hope to streamline volunteer efforts and expand capacity by installing a drip irrigation system, extend our growing season with a moveable greenhouse, and purchase blueberry bush starts and a supply of small tools.