May | June 2010 INDUSTRY NEWS
school garden UGA students put
to work in
A group of college students spending a weekend at the beach is a common occurrence. Having them take time out from sunbathing to weed a community gar- den is rare.
Recently, members of the University of Georgia Sig- ma Alpha professional agricultural sorority did just that. The sorority travelled to Savannah, Ga., for a sisterhood retreat. While there, they put the horticul- ture skills they are learning through the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences to use at Charles Ellis Elementary School.
Unlike other schools in the area, Ellis is a public Montessori school focused on hands-on and explor- atory learning. For several years, the teachers there
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by Andrea Gonzalez
have wanted a garden where the students can plant, tend and harvest their own vegetables. Since one of Sigma Alpha’s main goals is community service, the perfect partnership was formed. Sigma Alpha helped plan the school’s garden, which had be- come overgrown. Teri Schell of the Forsyth Farmers Market in Savannah organized the service day.
Schell said the students will benefit from having a garden because they will be able to see the full circle of food, from planting it, to growing it to eating it.
Lynsey Jackson, a UGA senior from Covington, Ga., worked with Schell to get the sorority involved. When asked why community service is important, she said, “If we don’t help, who will?”
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