Community Gardens Offer New Learning Opportunities In Lynnfield
Eight community gardens currently located at LHS and the two elementary schools with help from Lynnfield Educational Trust donation.
The following was provided by LHS Science Dept. Chair Scott Gordon and the Lynnfield Educational Trust: The majority of the funding for the community gardens in the Lynnfield Public Schools came through a generous donation from the Lynnfield Educational Trust (LET). Gardens are all identical 4x8 raised beds. There are 8 gardens at the high school and one at each of the elementary schools. We are planning to build one at the middles school as well. Gardens were build using sheet mulching (layered gardening) and students and teachers alike helped layer the gardens with cardboard, newspaper, peat moss, compost, dirt, and leaves which combine to create beautiful soil while also diverting useful materials from the waste stream. Stephanie …
