The Union County Community Garden Coalition has been given permission from the Union County School System to install a sheet mulch garden at Union County Middle School! We started the project on the 24th, and we’re excited to see this garden grow!

 

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First we laid down cardboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We started laying down compost, with the help of some very helpful volunteers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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We plan to plant Fall seeds, with the help of kind citizens and student volunteers. One day we hope to have a garden at every school in the county. This not only teaches kids to garden, but provides them with fresh, organic produce for their lunches.

 

The lesson I have thoroughly learnt, and wish to pass on to others, is to know the enduring happiness that the love of a garden gives.

–  Gertrude Jekyll