Tag: gardening
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Green is the New Burnt Orange at UT Elementary
School gardening program preps Little Longhorns and Their Families for Healthy Living By Jessica Sinn • August 1, 2018 Just around the corner from the University Elementary School cafeteria, a class of second-graders is sitting on tree stump chairs and watching their teacher point to sketches of plants on a handheld white board. “Alright! Now I want you all to…
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Seed Money: Austin residents launch community garden with help from Texas Grants Resource Center
By Jessica Sinn • August 1, 2018 While mowing the vast fields surrounding St. John’s Episcopal Church, Hal Hughes often smiles to himself when he sees someone strolling along the spiraling pathway within the labyrinth garden. “I see a lot of familiar faces, but I also see people from the neighborhoods walking the gardens with their dogs and enjoying the…