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Hennessy Elementary School in Grass Valley is taking a first step in helping students learn where their food comes from.
Volunteers from Hennessy, in partnership with the University of California Cooperative Extension and Live Healthy Nevada County, recently built more than 20 raised beds where planting started before school let out.
The group has scheduled Wednesday evening gatherings in the garden to complete the infrastructure.
Hennessy — in the heart of Grass Valley — is the perfect site to recreate what used to be a thriving school garden but has since fallen into disrepair as a result of budget cuts and staffing changes.
Principal Deb Plate and her staff have been highly supportive of the introduction of this pilot program that Live Healthy Nevada County has developed. The goal of the program is to deliver four core elements: Garden-based education, nutrition curriculum, farm-to-school connections and fresh food in schools.
The garden project will be overseen by Tania Carlone, the executive director of the Yuba Watershed Institute, an environmental organization based in Nevada City that promotes education and land stewardship within the Yuba River area.
Volunteers hope to see the garden flourishing through the summer as it becomes an integral part of the after-school program under the supervision of Carol Viola, Grass Valley School District program director. The garden project will engage the students in a variety of garden activities including vegetable planting, research, a butterfly garden, a native plants garden near the pond, worm bins, lady bug release, and a preying mantis hatching.
The group will be meting at the garden from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Wednesday in June; the school is at the corner of South Auburn Street and Colfax Avenue. More volunteers are needed for digging and planting beds, completing the irrigation system, setting up the compost area, painting the wooden arch, laying wood chips, whacking weeds, pruning fruit trees and mowing.
Tools are provided and a light snack. Helpers should bring their own gloves and drinking water.
For more information, e-mail Kim Musillani at kmusillani@hotmail.com.
Volunteers from Hennessy, in partnership with the University of California Cooperative Extension and Live Healthy Nevada County, recently built more than 20 raised beds where planting started before school let out.
The group has scheduled Wednesday evening gatherings in the garden to complete the infrastructure.
Hennessy — in the heart of Grass Valley — is the perfect site to recreate what used to be a thriving school garden but has since fallen into disrepair as a result of budget cuts and staffing changes.
Principal Deb Plate and her staff have been highly supportive of the introduction of this pilot program that Live Healthy Nevada County has developed. The goal of the program is to deliver four core elements: Garden-based education, nutrition curriculum, farm-to-school connections and fresh food in schools.
The garden project will be overseen by Tania Carlone, the executive director of the Yuba Watershed Institute, an environmental organization based in Nevada City that promotes education and land stewardship within the Yuba River area.
Volunteers hope to see the garden flourishing through the summer as it becomes an integral part of the after-school program under the supervision of Carol Viola, Grass Valley School District program director. The garden project will engage the students in a variety of garden activities including vegetable planting, research, a butterfly garden, a native plants garden near the pond, worm bins, lady bug release, and a preying mantis hatching.
The group will be meting at the garden from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every Wednesday in June; the school is at the corner of South Auburn Street and Colfax Avenue. More volunteers are needed for digging and planting beds, completing the irrigation system, setting up the compost area, painting the wooden arch, laying wood chips, whacking weeds, pruning fruit trees and mowing.
Tools are provided and a light snack. Helpers should bring their own gloves and drinking water.
For more information, e-mail Kim Musillani at kmusillani@hotmail.com.
