Maybe
you’ve noticed the raised beds sitting beside the old Roosevelt building. Or
perhaps you’ve heard the rumblings of the youth Garden Club that is soon to
take Red Lodge by storm. Or have you caught whiff of the tomato plants that
horticulture students started up in the greenhouse?
Those undeniable sights, sounds, and smells can only
mean one thing. The Red Lodge Youth Garden is moving to town.
We’ll be located on a beautiful 45’ x 75’
plot next to the old Roosevelt, at the intersection of 17th and
South Hauser. There will be raised beds, a hoop house, and in ground plantings.
This space will be coordinated by the Food Partnership Council with the Red
Lodge Schools, Boys and Girls Club, Children’s Center and public volunteers
utilizing the space for learning, growing and just plain fun.
More specifics on summer programming will follow in
the coming months, but in the meantime there’s much to be done to get ready for
the season. First, an important upcoming date: May
19 Contra Dance Fundraiser (silent auction items
needed!)
And before we can get planting, we need the supplies
to do so. Below is a list of specific materials that we're still hoping to have
donated or receive donations to help purchase these materials. The items needed
the soonest are listed first (fencing to keep the deer out and a hoop house to
keep the heat in!)
We're
also taking donations for a silent auction on May 19th at the
Contra Dance. For more information or to make donations, contact
Alyssa Charneyat redlodge.foodcorps@gmail.com or Martha Brown at (406) 445-7214.
120 feet of 6’ tall chain link fencing
1,000 square feet of hoop house/ greenhouse cover
material
Small tool shed/ storage space
25 cubic yards of Soil/ compost/ amendments
Drip irrigation hosing for 8 raised beds
Tools: 10 trowels, 4 shovels, 4 hoes, 4 pitch forks
Perennials that can be transplanted to a new home
(especially berries)
Windows for cold frames to fit over one raised bed (4’
x 8’)
10 Paint buckets
Hardware cloth
Weed barrier
Mulch
3
Wheelbarrows Curriculum materials:
Digging
Deeper: Integrating Youth Gardens into Schools and Communities- Joseph Kiefer
Learning
Gardens and Sustainability Education: Bringing Life to Schools and Schools to Life-
Dilafruz Williams and Jonathan Brown
How to Grow a
School Garden-A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers- Arden Bucklin-Sporer and
Rachel Pringle
The Growing
Classroom: Garden-Based Science- Roberta Jaffe and Gary Appel
Thanks for all your help building a garden that will
sustain our youth and community in the years to come!
