In just a few short months, the Heatherwood Gardening group has created a space on the school grounds to plant many varieties of vegetables and flowers.

"We hope the garden will teach kids about plants and the joy of growing and eating fresh vegetables", saids Michele Bailey, the Garden group leader.

Once the 50 by 20 foot lawn was scraped with the help of Tom Noyes, District Grounds Manager, many other donations helped to ready the space.

Steve Macbeth of Sutherlands in Boulder, generously donated twenty 8 inch square wooden posts, 150 feet of wire fencing and a metal gate. The use of an auger to dig the holes was donated. Gifts certificates from McGuckin's and King Soopers helped to pay for compost and hardware. Garden group members contributed money, tools, compost and labor. Larry Orobona, the school principal, together with the PTO donated money to pay for an irrigation trench to be dug and water valve to be put in directly at the garden site.

Although the garden is still in its infancy, there are mounds of the 'three sisters' starting to grow. The 'three sisters' is a native American method of planting corns, beans and squash together. The corn stalks become the sturdy support for the beans to grow up on, while the nitrogen that the beans absorb nourishes the corn. The large spikey broad leaves of the squash shield all the plants' roots from the sun and deter pests. It makes sense that these plants are the first ones in the Heatherwood Garden as it reflects the combined efforts of the school and greater Boulder community that has helped to make the garden a reality.