This weekend saw the official ground breaking. All of the hard work paid off and the garden, which serves 800 students and 90 staff members, is open. How did we do it? Here's a little photo line-up that tells our story.
Identify your space...
Dream on paper and make a plan and a budget...
Find a fabulous local landscape architect to help you...
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| Drafting by Curtis Scoggins. |
Hit the streets for community partnerships and funding...
Form a committee of awesome people to do the focused jobs...
Advertise the school garden and talk it up...
Design a poster and ask a local business to cover printing costs...
Once the district approves your plan, lay out your garden...
Enlist your school art teacher to create a mural with students...
Host work days and create neighborhood partnerships...
Invite the kids to help...
Borrow tools from friends if you don't have your own...
Work with handy parents who know how to build stuff...
Secure your rain water collection system...
Revel in the moments when it all comes together...
Stand in awe of your school art teacher's work...
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| Artist Emily Ash |
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| Artist Emily Ash |
Work with fabulous Girl Scout Troops...
Build a beautiful fence to protect what you've created...
Ask for seed donations...
And ask for transplant donations...
Host a Glove & Shovel Drive to supply your tool shed...
Clean up your construction site and get ready to break ground...
Break ground and invite EVERYONE...
Then invite the press back to your launch party...
All photos below are from The Advocate Magazine.
This has been such a fulfilling process.
Thank you to everyone who had a hand in making the Skyview Harmony Garden possible.
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5 comments:
You really ARE amazing! From concept to completion - a testament to good planning and willing hands and generous hearts! Hope this project is used successfully for many years!
I've been following this journey on Instagram and am loving seeing it all come together. Congrats on a job well done. The students will always remember the lessons they learn in the garden!
I DID miss you, and worried that something was wrong. Now I see that something was very right! What an amazing accomplishment. The garden is gorgeous!
Loved seeing all the photos at once in sequence. What an amazing accomplishment! So many happy faces.
You are a hero Sarah! Are you familiar with Kimbal Musk and his commitment to helping schools grow gardens? Might be fun for you to read about him. I had the pleasure of seeing him speak to a small group of entrepreneurs. His motto is "food is the new internet". He's an amazing individual and left behind the Silicon Valley and big money to follow his passion. You should tag him on IG and show him what you are doing!
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