Visit From a Community Gardner

Learning About Plants


My friend and neighbor, Gina, who runs a community garden came in and spoke to our 4th grade students about plants that are "native" to Utah. She also demonstrated the difference water makes in a plant's growth, showing a sunflower that received constant water all summer and another that only received what the rain provided. We appreciate her willingness to share her knowledge of plants and appreciate the gift (a soft dwarf sumac tree) which I've already planted in our class garden box.


This is our class garden box (number 12). We currently have beets, peas, some flowers, and a tree planted there.
The plant in the middle is our soft dwarf sumac tree.