Sun Flowers at Campbell Park

       This afternoon at Campbell Park elementary, Kip, Noah and I worked with some of the toughest fifth graders on the planet to build space in the garden for the fourth grader's Sunflowers. Some of us worked on building a trench by the back fence long enough to fit a bit over 20 plants. The others helped filter mulch so we could have a layer of it under the flowers before planting them. This is what the trench looked like with mulch and some baby sun flowers below.

        When the trench was built and the filtered mulch was ready, the fourth grade class came out with baby sunflower's in plastic cups. Kip then showed all of us the right or rather great way of planting these flowers from the cups onto the earth. For the first time in a while, I saw our 5th grade gardeners really proud of what they had built, their sense of work rather than leisure was clear because we created a collaborative goal. It is because of days like today that I feel really proud of these guys and of the peace patch, as well as lucky to be part of it all. Nothing like dirty hands for a clean soul. Below I've posted some pictures of the fourth graders and their sunflowers, and another of everybody who was out there today except for Kip who had to take the picture! Thanks Kip, thanks peace patch.

-Luciano A.