Years ago I had this fantastic idea to have a worm farm at Heritage CDC. How fun would that be? That plan never quite took shape. I would still like to have a worm farm one day but in the meantime I'm happy with the garden we started this spring.
Why a school garden? School gardens offer numerous benefits to children. They enhance lives, promote a higher quality of learning and even provide a learning experience for all students. It's so fun to watch children take ownership of a project.
The Heritage CDC Learning Garden is special because in addition to providing those benefits to our students we are also benefitting other families in our community. We've partnered with the Forest Park Ministry Center in an effort to extend our learning to also include learning to be a better neighbor and friend. The Forest Park Ministry Center will use the vegetables we grow in our garden to help enrich the diet and nutition of the families they service.
Hodding Carter, Jr. said "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: one is roots. The other is wings." Join us at Heritage CDC as we root our children in God's love and give them wings to share God's love with others.
