Shaver Elementary Community Garden officially opens
Held last month, the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Shaver Elementary Community Garden celebrates the nine raised beds (including one for disabled access), a garden shed and walking paths built over the spring.
Students, parents and volunteers turned out to mark the day and cut some ribbon; from left, students Mark Dois and Samuel Reed, parent volunteers Claudia Carrillo and Maria Gonzales and students Carson Shaffer, Alex and Brandon Vargas.
Students have taken ownership of the garden planting, maintaining and creating art for it. Over the summer, students and volunteers watered and tended the garden until school resumed this month.
Detailed in the June Mid-county Memo article, “Kids dig gardens,” the garden is a partnership between Shaver Elementary, Schools Uniting Neighborhoods and GrowingGardens.
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