Maintaining our outdoor classroom and trails, planting fruits and vegetables in our raised flower beds and to start seeds in a seed starter kit in our green house. We want to be able to plant trees and bushes that are indigenous to our area that will also help feed animals. The fruits and vegetables we want to plant will be used on our salad bar at lunch once grown and picked.
We have an outdoor classroom and nature trails on our property. Each year we have two \\\\\\\"Outdoor Cleanup Days\\\\\\\" where students and parents come on the weekend and help us maintain our outdoor classroom and trails. We blow off any leaves and debris from the pavilion, cut trees and shrubbery that is over growing on the trails and get rid of poison ivy / poison oak. We also want to plant seasonally appropriate fruits and vegetables that we can grow in our raised flower beds, then serve them on our salad bar at lunch. Each grade level will plant a different fruit or vegetable of the class\\\\\\\'s choosing, so that we have a variety to choose from. The students will help maintain the flower beds by weeding, watering and then picking the fruits and vegetables. In our green house we would like to initiate seed starters of different flowers to plant around the property. The students will help maintain the greenhouse seeds and flowers by making sure they are watered, getting enough fresh air and sunlight. Each class will help maintain the green house plants.
