Last Saturday, a group of hardworking friends of Terraset gathered on the school roof to make their mark! A beautiful new seating area has now been established for our children. The kids will be able to go there with their teacher to discuss, observe and explore plant life cycles, the role of insects in a garden, issues of urbanization, how to tell the time using shadows… there’s so much potential now that we have our new outdoor classroom.
With Lorin Randall as the project manager and Mark Shoff as his right-hand man, about 15 adult volunteers, five high school community service volunteers, and nearly ten K-4 Terraset kids (in addition to two future students) made a fantastic contribution. At 8am we started digging… we were still digging at 10am! The digging had virtually finished by 11am, but then we started carrying! Carrying #21A gravel, carrying blocks, carrying sand, carrying #57 gravel, carrying blocks, carrying more gravel, carrying pavers…. There was a lot of carrying. But there was a lot of leveling too! Leveling blocks, leveling sand, leveling pavers… but how sweet it is to see the result! You can read a little more about our day at RestonPatch
Fortunately we got to eat too! Ledos provided pizza for all the workers! A big thanks to them! And the PTA kept up the water, Gatorade and fruit!
As we were getting close to the finish, we realized we were short of #21A gravel so a quick call to Chris Worhurst at Merrifields Garden Center and 30 minutes later we had what we needed.
There is still a little extra to do with the paving and we need to install a bench. But more importantly, we still have some cleanup to do. There is quite a bit of dirt we will need to relocate and there is a patch of grass we will cut (because we had our materials there, the custodial staff could not cut it on Friday). We will also do some grass re-seeding and plantings behind the retaining wall to provide additional shade. But, hopefully, it will all be done before Open House.
If you go to Open House, don’t forget to go up to the butterfly garden and check out the new area! You’ll enjoy the view. If you are there at about 3:30pm, your kids could help to spread a few wildflower seeds… then they would be able to leave their mark too!
Fortunately we got to eat too! Ledos provided pizza for all the workers! A big thanks to them! And the PTA kept up the water, Gatorade and fruit!
As we were getting close to the finish, we realized we were short of #21A gravel so a quick call to Chris Worhurst at Merrifields Garden Center and 30 minutes later we had what we needed.
There is still a little extra to do with the paving and we need to install a bench. But more importantly, we still have some cleanup to do. There is quite a bit of dirt we will need to relocate and there is a patch of grass we will cut (because we had our materials there, the custodial staff could not cut it on Friday). We will also do some grass re-seeding and plantings behind the retaining wall to provide additional shade. But, hopefully, it will all be done before Open House.If you go to Open House, don’t forget to go up to the butterfly garden and check out the new area! You’ll enjoy the view. If you are there at about 3:30pm, your kids could help to spread a few wildflower seeds… then they would be able to leave their mark too!
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