The Whole Foods Event was a HUGE success! We had over 70 volunteers
from the community who came together to build 16 garden bed frames. 8
of those will become Garfield's garden beds and 8 will go to a variety
of community gardens throughout Boise! (ALL DONE IN 2 HOURS) First
the sod was to come up......we quickly realized we need extra sod
cutters to get the job done. Thanks to Tates Rents for quickly
delivering 2 additional sod cutters. Then the sod had to be rolled up
and stacked for removal. Thanks to the Boise School District for
removing the sod rolls. Now it was time for top soil to be added to
even out our garden surface. While this HARD work was going on...we had
many teams of volunteers building the frames. WOW! The garden beds
were ready to be placed in the space. OOPS...the line wasn't even. Out
came the sod cutter for one last cut to even out the line of garden
space. :) Beds were carefully placed and then came the mulch. Mulch
was placed around the beds to provided a needed walkway between each
bed. Thanks to Boise City for donating the mulch. The remaining top
soil was placed in the boxes. We still had time to spare...so the
volunteers help cleanup from the event. WOW! We did it!Garfield is so
very fortunate to be a recipient of such wonderful work! We thank the
the many volunteers from the community, Whole Foods, our parents,
students and a group of volunteers from ISU Pharmacy Dept. HUGE THANKS
TO MATT COLLINS from Whole Foods, ERIN GUERRICABEITIA from BUGS, and
AMY STAHL from the City of Boise--without your amazing work this event
would have never been such a success!
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Yay for gardening at Garfield!!! So excited to see it come to life this spring!
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