School Starts August 26th!

Columbus Public Schools start for the fall on August 26th. The students at Indianola Informal School K-8 will be starting school in a new location at the Crestview building on Weber Rd. A new chance for a new gardens. The garden at Everett will be kept up throughout the fall and hopefully into the winter. Another student body is not scheduled to use the building until 2012 and until then we have permission to continue to garden on the front lawn. The possibilities are endless for education and experimentation.

We continue to garden at Everett on Monday evenings at 7pm. Currently fall and winter veggies are being planted, summer tomatoes harvested and the greenhouses are being secured for the winter with the goal to plant lettuce and some cool weather crops. Students from Indianola will have the chance to field trip to Everett to work in that garden.

At Crestview, we have the opportunity to assist the students in planning the gardens for the spring. This will include measuring the sun, water and soil conditions; creating actual garden designs choosing plants accordingly. This will enable a program to become teacher/student initiated and support what is being taught in the classroom.

For more information or you would like to get involved email us at evtgarden@yahoo.com.