Students at Crabapple Middle School in Roswell, Georgia, are expanding their construction and horticultural knowledge thanks to a grant donated by the Roswell Woman’s Club.
Educators used the grant dollars to buy materials to build a garden shed and new planter boxes in the Crabapple Learn and Serve Garden at the school.
“It impacts about 50 of the eighth graders in my classes who want to take it, but in fact, it impacts the whole school because they are growing vegetables that are fed them during lunches, and it’s vegetables given to the community as well,” said Kevin Squires, construction teacher, Crabapple Middle School.
The entire school is invited to help tend the crops on garden workdays, and the cafeteria uses the produce for school-wide tastings.
“We used the grant funds from the Roswell Woman’s Club to add more garden boxes,” said Anne Fallon, co-chair of the Crabapple Learn and Serve Garden. “We started out with three and we built two more boxes made out of cedar, which are more expensive than other garden boxes, but they last longer—14 to 15 years.”