In an article written by Amy Dove, outlines that teachers from the WestShore Teaching Garden are providing hands-on education in a small-scale agriculture system. This course is teaching basic skills upon which many years ago our society needed to be able to survive and thrive off of the land. Students are being educated gaining firsthand experience working with the land; even carpentry students have built planter boxes, a compost bin and a bench for the garden. Regular students from all over will take part in this community garden, and even take field trips to local farms to learn about pruning, preserving and other value-added products to make farming viable.
This course all though small is encouraging community participation through various facets from regular citizens, students and even business which are donating products and funds to help the gardens growth. The article didn’t say if the course was mandatory, but if it was voluntary you run the risk of trying to find people to continuously upkeep the garden, but community donations have helped the garden to flourish.
Exert from: Goldstream Gazette: Wed Feb.11/09, article “Garden to Cultivate green thumbs, business skills”
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