Grade 7 students at École Innisfail Middle School have being getting their hands dirty. A group of students has been offering up part of their lunch time and after-school hours to work in the Garden Club and learn more about planting vegetables, herbs and annuals.
“I used to garden a lot with my grandma,” said Cassidy Smith, who was planting cucumber seeds last Tuesday during lunch with her friend Brooke Bilton. The two, both experienced green thumbs, joined the team to learn a little bit more.
“Learning how deep to put the seeds in is something new for me,” said Smith of what's she learned.
The group received donations from various local sponsors to get the program started. Since then they've been planting, watering and transferring the plants.
The group has been planting at the middle school and moving them over to the high school greenhouse until the weather gets warmer. Last week was the group's second planting and they will be planting a few more seeds this week.
Jaylene Evans and Mackenzie Epp were digging into the soil and planting garlic.
“It's a lot of fun,” said Evans.
The club members plan to sell the fruits of their labour at the Innisfail Co-op next month. The money raised will go towards their three-day class field trip to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Waterton and Blackfoot Crossing in June.
The sale will run May 14 in conjunction with the Innisfail Garden Club.
