Sixth-graders attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their newly created raised-bed garden. (Photo by Lisa Aciukewicz)
In their first year at Bromfield, the sixth-grade class created something they hope will endure for the rest of their Bromfield years—a new school garden, opened with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday.
The garden, located behind the school next to the principal’s office, has raised beds for herbs, vegetables, and perennials. It is still a work in progress, and the class is looking for donations of perennials or “interesting things” that will add to the garden.
The students also hope to keep the garden going until school reopens by finding people who live nearby to stop at the garden for about 30 minutes once or twice over the summer to weed and water.
Anyone with plants to donate or gardening time to spare should email Bromfield teachers Glenn Tarullo, gtarullo@psharvard.org, or Erin DeCosta, edecosta@psharvard.org.
The garden was built with help from a generous Harvard Schools Trust grant.
