4th and 5th grade students at Norfolk Academy added compost to four raised-bed vegetable beds, in addition to a pollinator garden and a two-foot wide raised bed garden. Students grow all the plants for these gardens from seed in a greenhouse including zinnia, celosia, cosmos, fennel, parsley, butterfly weed and a pollinator garden seed mix comprised of many species of nectar sources for pollinators. Students also potted 30 buttonbush seedlings in pots in a mix of compost, soil and perlite. They will grow these seedlings for a year and distribute them to students next spring.
