BHS Environmental Class Enhances Bloom Garden
BHS Environmental Class Enhances Bloom Garden
BHS Environmental Science teacher Sandra Rathburn started a Meditation Garden last year, named the Bloom Garden, with environmental science students and a newly formed Environmental Club. The project was funded in part by a Berkley Education Foundation Innovation-Grant. The grant was used to purchase a greenhouse and necessary tools and materials to keep the garden up and running. This year, Ms. Rathburn received another Innovation-Grant from the BEF to add native plants, a solar bird bath, an enhanced walking path and picnic tables. Students chose a specific project to work on and created gardens in wheelbarrows, tires and created a Monarch waystation.
The garden is located in the BHS art wing courtyard and consists of native perennials, a vegetable and herb garden, gathering spaces made with repurposed materials, walking paths, student art and more.
The Berkley Education Foundation funds staff innovation-grants twice a year to enrich students' experiences, to enhance their learning and to open opportunities for Berkley Schools staff outside of the traditional school budget. To learn more about the BEF, visit their website. To support the BEF and the grants program, visit the BEF’s donation site.
