The Beginning!!

The SHS Garden Group started work on the Flag Pole Garden on April 11, 2012.  A group of National Honor Society students organized a plan for revitalizing the garden around the school's flag pole.  As a VA Tech Master Gardener Project the project has provided an educational opportunity for students to learn about soil tests, planning a flower border, creating a water-wise landscape, and working with native plants.  The following articles are to be read in preparation for working in the garden:

• Planning the Flower Border
  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-202/426-202.html
• Creating a Water-Wise Landscape
  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-713/426-713.html
• Va Tech: Perennials, Culture, Maintenance and Propagation
  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-203/426-203_pdf.pdf
• VA Native Plants
  http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/natural_heritage/documents/mtn_nat_plants.pdf
  
  

  For more information see Mrs. Bushman in the library.