A KEY to Our Success

An essential part of our garden's success is the members of the community that are willing to donate their time and efforts into improving our club. A few of Corona del Sol's KEY Club members spent their Saturday morning helping out in the garden.

In the photos above, and below, these volunteers were leveling a portion of the garden so that it could be ready to inlay the ceramic students' mosaic tiles.

They also helped build another raised garden bed.... 

..and new seedlings were then added to the filled garden bed. 

Thank you to Corona del Sol's KEY Club for taking their time and improving the garden! 

Transplanting Plants

This past week, the club members transferred the plants they grew in the trays back in November to the garden. Here, Anuja is transplanting the peas that she grew.

With lots of people to help out, transplanting was fast not to mention also fun.

Now we will watch them grow.

Uprooting

At the risk of sounding mushy, I will say that the people do make it fun.

Meet Joshua, worker extraordinaire.  He made friends with a shovel and got busy getting the dirt out of the pond.

Julia, the builder.  She squeals at the thought of building something.  She is showing Nelson her planter box.

Kelli, the activist and gardening aficionado, recently moved back to Arizona and came by with Nelson to lend a hand.  Connor blows the leaves and dirt out of one of the ponds.  The boy is there when called to help out.

Courtney the enthusiastic new teacher focused on removing unwanted plant material and cleaning that pond we are on a mission to restore.

One of said ponds.  The picture isn't very clear but this one still has a clump of dirt, roots and rocks that requires muscle strength to remove.

The school year has started. Plans are being made to continue cleaning the garden.  A Botany Club will be created and herbs will be planted.  It doesn't get better than that.