GROW participants visit CUH and the UW Farm

May Fieldtrips The two days that GROW high school students visited CUH and the UW Farm were full of sunshine. Students from Susan Barth’s horticulture class at Nova High School and students from Jessica Torvik’s horticulture/ecology classes were introduced to resources for their GROW projects through scheduled tours and activities. Maggie Roses’ science classes from Ingraham focused on working with Lisa Haglund and Patrick Mulligan on the site prep and plant installation in the newly restored storm water garden at CUH. 

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Who are the G.R.O.W. participants? A profile of Nathan Hale students

hanging baskets lined up in greenhouse Students in Jessica Torvik’s Horticulture/Ecology classes meet in the Nathan Hale High School greenhouse on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.   The new site for horticulture classes is a few minutes’ walk from the main school building, across the street and up the hill.  As they arrive, the students take the initiative to begin doing tasks assigned to them in their working groups.    

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