Lowell Garden: Beginnings
Before the WPS school committee approved school gardens, teachers were making their own gardens. They recognized the value of interacting with living things over the course of the season as being a wonderful hands-on experiential teaching tool.
Gardens at front of Lowell Elementary in October 2011 and flower garden planted by PreK teacher Lynn Tarr as seen in Oct 2011
Spring 2013 Lowell's first raised bed gardens were built and planted