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| GROWING IN SOLIDARITY: Raised beds like these will be installed this spring in the NDCL courtyard to grow fresh, healthy food for our brothers and sisters in need. |
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| | 35 CUBIC YARDS That’s how much planting mix we will need to fill our new raised beds. We’re hoping parents and others with connections to the landscaping industry can donate the soil mix we need to get growing! Email Principal Mr. Joseph A. Waler or call him at 440.279.1052 if you can help. |
NDCL’s new community garden will benefit those in need
NDCL's efforts to promote solidarity with those in need and to care for the earth will soon grow in a very visible way as we install a community garden on a section of lawn in our courtyard.
Eight large raised beds will be constructed next month between the courtyard's chapel and cafeteria entrances. The beds will provide a combined planting area of nearly 500 square feet.
Fresh vegetables harvested from our garden will be donated to our brothers and sisters in need, including the families with children we visit every Tuesday through our Labre Ministry with the poor and homeless of Cleveland's East Side. Depending upon the success of green thumbs, we also plan to share produce with Geauga County food pantries.
Science teachers Mr. Paul Billig and Mr. Evan Fritz have taken the lead in designing the garden layout. Their next steps will include working with students and others to engineer a drip irrigation system, select appropriate crops, and start seedlings in one of our science labs.
We'll share information soon on how students, parents, and others can lend a hand in planting and tending to the garden throughout the growing season.