Community Project: The garden grows….

Nick at work...photo by Collin Williamson.

One of the ongoing community projects at Friday Harbor High you pass all the time, the greenhouse across from the high school, is doing well this spring. Update reporter Collin Williamson has more:

Master Gardeners, be afraid. There is another pair of green thumbs on the island to be in contest with, and those belong to FHHS student Nick Bey.

Nick is using his community project class to put in the spring crop at the greenhouse across the street from the middle school (built by students from a previous semester of the community projects class).

I gave Nick a visit on a sunny morning, camera in hand, and expectations high. I was not disappointed! Nick has multiple beds with various plants growing.

I asked him what he was really up to. Nick said, “Well, as of this moment I’m planting and caring for plants I’m planning to give to the kitchen to use for community dinners. But this project is just the beginning of the greenhouse’s future. What the community should really watch for is what’s happening with it in the next few months. There is tons of potential here. “

Nick is currently using all of his beds, and he would love any extra seeds or donations! For contact information please email me (Collin Williamson (williamsoncrw (at) gmail.com) and I’ll pass the message off to Nick!

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