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| THE TOOL SHED AT MLK |
I went to visit the Edible Schoolyard at Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, CA. This was the first Edible Schoolyard started by Ms. Alice Waters, who is one of the inspirations for my school's garden. Ms. Shaina Robbins who is their Program Coordinator gave my mom and me the tour.
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| THE GARDEN IS ON ONE EDGE OF THE CAMPUS |
The garden was started twelve years ago by tearing out an asphalt patch of the school grounds and is one acre in size. It has a kitchen which is also a learning classroom. The students pick the produce they grow and fix a dish to share in the classroom.
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| THE ALICE WATERS PHILOSOPHY |
The garden has a circular outdoor trellis amphitheater, lots of chickens, a pizza oven, a greenhouse, a tool shed, a rainwater harvesting cistern, and lots of flowers and vegetables. It has a compost area, a small pond, and a chicken coop. The 8th graders even get to harvest grains to make flour and then get to make a pizza for one of their lessons. Pizza...yum.
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| A FEW OF THE VEGETABLE ROWS |
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| THE CIRCULAR TRELLIS AMPHITHEATER |
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| THE PIZZA OVEN |
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| A SUNFLOWER & BEE POLINATOR |
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| THE GARDEN AND TEEPEE |
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| THE CHICKENS WERE WALKING FREELY |
GABBY! I think this is so cool how you are doing all of this. Let us know if you need anything because I would LOVE to help your awesome garden out by raising money or something :) Your project is really turning into something else :) I read the entire article and saw George and loved how you mentioned the Tuck family :D It really is a community project that everyone pitched in with. Miss you so much.
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so beautiful and inspiring!
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