Planning for the Garden's Ground Breaking-Volunteers Needed!

After a year of school and community work, we are planning to break ground on April 26, 2010 for the Holton Outdoor Classroom and gardens!

We need your help to make this project a success!

 

Please let us know if you are available to volunteer on any of the following dates:

 

Saturday, March 20

• Stake out the garden plans in the field.
• Students are invited to participate and will use a combination of survey points and measuring tape to find the four corners of each bed.
• This will be led by engineer David Lisowski on Sat., March 20 from 9-11.

 

Beginning the week of March 22

• Work with teachers to plant spring vegetables in existing beds (carrots, sugar snap peas, lettuce, spinach, collards, beets, strawberries, and nasturtiums which are edible flowers)
• Begin planting summer vegetable seeds in containers inside

Saturday, April 24 & Sunday, April 25

 

• Construct 13 New Garden Beds.
• This will be lead by Holton teacher Aaron Garber.
• All volunteers will be required to sign a waiver.
• Volunteers should be handy with a hammer.
• Volunteers will only be needed on Sunday if the work is not completed on Saturday.

Monday, April 26, 2010

12:30 p.m.

Ground Breaking Ceremony

 

• Ground Breaking Ceremony including all students, teachers, and school officials
• Announce winner of logo contest
• Plant vegetables in new garden beds

 Possibly May 15/16 (date will be finalized soon)

 

• Construct Hudson House/Outdoor Classroom.
• This will be lead by Holton parent Chris Chase.
• All participants will be required to sign a waiver.
• Volunteers should be skilled builders.

 

Please email to ellenshepard@yahoo.com with the following information. (The text below and be copied and pasted into an e-mail.)

 

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 ___I would like to help with garden plantings during school. I am available________________________.

  

___I would like to help on March 20 staking out the garden beds.

  

___I would like to help April 24 and/or 25 with garden bed construction.

  

___I would like to help April 26 setting up for the Ground Breaking Ceremony.

 

 ___I would like to help April 26 with planting the new garden beds.

  

___I would like to help with the construction of the Hudson House (Outdoor Classroom).

 

 ___I would like to help with garden maintenance and plantings after school and possibly summer time.

  

Name: __________________________________________________________________

 

Phone Number: __________________________  Email: ___________________________ 

 

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