Princeton High School Edible Gardens

As construction continues at Princeton High School, the Edible Gardens remain in storage, leaving fewer opportunities for students to connect with nature in a delicious way. So we celebrate the Princeton High School teachers who are working with Princeton Education Foundation “to transform the courtyards within the high school building into spaces where students can take a breath in natural surroundings.” Town Topics writes: 

The teachers, Paula Jakowlew, Cynthia Bregenzer, Keith Dewey, Joseph Gargione, Bryan Hoffman, and Bridget Schmidt, will design, organize and implement “The Natural Wellness Project,” which will include plants, trees, flowers, artwork, seating, and meditative spaces. Later phases of the project include a cafe courtyard. Students may gain community service credit for helping to implement the design.

Here’s a throwback to 2009 and the PHS Edible Gardens raising, when PSGC and some 75 community members showed up to build and fill 13 raised garden beds in a day: 

Repairs and renovations put the Edible Gardens at Princeton High School in a construction pathway, so several of the raised garden beds were put into storage. There are two raised beds/boxes that Principal Jessica Baxter calls the Memorial Gardens, on the west side of the school. Topsoil, taken from the garden area, is there as well. The area outside the English office is planted with edibles and is near a water supply.

PHS garden was a success, with students planting wheat and the Gardening as PE class continuing.