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Earth Week work party spruces up Rock Creek’s Learning Garden
Story by James Hill
This party was certainly a lot of work. And that’s how everyone likes it.
Organizers in charge of the Rock Creek Campus Learning Garden hosted its annual Earth Week work party on Friday, April 24.聽Nearly 50 volunteers braved wet and windy weather throughout the day to plant seeds, vegetables, vines, and plow rows for future plantings. Also, Building Construction Technology students constructed a cob structure that will serve as an information center for the garden.聽The Learning Garden, located across the entry road from Building 9, provides a nutrient-rich environment for organic gardening, permaculture, science, health education, landscape technology, building construction technology and art classes, ecology lectures, health and nutrition, and community-based learning for partner聽local high schools. It聽produces roughly 3,500 pounds of food from 3.5 acres of trees and garden beds.聽Interested in helping out the remainder of spring term? The聽Rock Creek Learning Garden has a weekly volunteer schedule for anyone wanting to assist in the garden’s development.
To get started visit the Learning Garden’s webpage.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at 小黄猫传媒. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »