Big transformations

So here it is - almost the end of summer - and we couldn't be happier or more proud of our progress. Last weekend another work party from Imago Dei came in and helped all over the school. In the garden, they laid gravel and stones for walkways and finished building the remaining beds. They also helped lay barkdust and clean up other areas of the school in preparation for the new year.

We have a bounty of crops, with much more on the way.

Lots happening...

So it's been a little while since I've updated the page (partly because students have a break till September, and partly because I was in Hawaii...) but a lot has happened even while the kids are having summer break. 

The biggest news is that a volunteer work group from Ernst & Young Accounting Firm came out on August 4th and spent the day working on several projects. In the garden, they weeded and cleaned up debris in both courtyards; set up the irrigation drip system; transplanted a tree 

to another area of the school and built a couple more beds in it's place; and painted a chess board on the playground blacktop. 

We owe Ernst & Young a big thanks!

An article was also written about the article in the Portland Public Schools News. Check it out: Forgotten Garden Blooms Again

Another work party is set for this Saturday, the 22nd, as we gear up to start the new school year.