Harvest Time for Hawthorne Elementary

Susan Troller:

First grade teacher Amy Covey loves the outdoors and wants to share that passion with students.

On Wednesday morning there was a definite autumn chill in the wind as students from all grades at Hawthorne Elementary School picked up trowels, shovels, rakes and hoes to clean out the garden space Covey helped establish at the school located near Gardner Baking Company off of East Washington Avenue.

The students were delighted to pull carrots and beets from the ground, searched for a few last beans, and even sampled the leaves of nasturtiums as they pulled the plants from the garden in preparation for winter.

Some wrinkled their noses as they bit into the scalloped, edible leaves. Others grinned while they chewed, describing them as "peppery" and "spicy."

Students have been gardening at Hawthorne since 2003 when Covey and her students wrote plans and grants to establish what has become an outdoor classroom for the entire school.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 25, 2007 1:33 PM
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