Good People
A school garden, a retired horticulturist and thirty very proud Year 4s
He offered to help with the weeding. Two terms later the class is selling herbs at the school fete.
Students in a school veggie garden · photo with consent
When the school’s veggie patch went to seed, a grandparent who had spent forty years in commercial nurseries offered to lend a hand on Friday mornings.
He brought seedlings, a lot of patience and a habit of explaining exactly why each plant needs what it needs.
The class now runs the garden themselves, keeps a planting diary and sold out of basil at the last fete.
“They ask better questions than most adults I’ve worked with.”
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