Re: Beginning gardening

Oh I know. My first horticulture professor taught us the evils of monoculture early on in classes. But, since there are SO many golf courses in Beaufort county (Hilton Head Island is in Beaufort) at least it's a way to get some kids interested in the "green industry."
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Oh geez, another golf course. Sorry, but I think between Bob Hope and Arnold Palmer, if they had their way, every available space would be golf course. a horrible way to "manage turf".

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
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I don't know about the elementary schools in Beaufort, but one of the high schools has a turf management program and much of their grounds is a golf course, which I think is neat.

Caroline's elementary school has a beautiful courtyard here that is planted with native flowers, grasses, etc, done by the students. It's gorgeous. It used to be just concrete apparently.
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Ms. Fatma's school has a large garden for the kids. The school has also recruited the local garden club to provide tutoring in planting and growing. The kids have really done an amazing job with it, even assembled a drip system to irrigate it.

On Feb 18, 2006, at 10:39 PM, Theresa wrote:

A few elementary schools here still do a little bit of gardening.  The
kids love it, it just depends on if they have a teacher to carry it on.

Theresa

Cathy Carpenter wrote:


A shame schools don't still do that... the junior high here in Quincy
had a greenhouse, its still there, but no longer used and totally
neglected. They said it cost too much. (Not as much as maintaining
their football team, I bet!)

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Feb 17, 2006, at 6:19 AM, james singer wrote:




I was not quite 5 years old when I started kindergarden. At that
time, all Los Angeles city schools had garden plots, one plot for
each class. Working in the garden plot was very much part of the
daily curriculum. We turned the soil, formed hills and rows,
planted seeds [mostly vegetables], pulled weeds, irrigated,
harvested, and divvied up the harvest.


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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