When the pandemic closed down
schools, Gemini Elementary
School third grader Copeland
Watters was bereft, not so much
about missing in-person classes
and catching up with friends, but about not being
able to enjoy the school garden.
“The children come home and all they want to talk
about is the garden,” her mom, Logan Watters, said.
Copeland, along with most of the Gemini student
body, is thrilled that life in the garden has resumed,
and it’s not just the kids that love the little garden.
The Melbourne Beach community has embraced it.
Although it is situated in the front of the school, no
pilfering or vandalism has transpired and anyone
suspected of nefarious activity is promptly referred
by neighbors to the police.
Where tomatoes, passion fruit, herbs, cucumbers,
nasturtiums and more now thrive was not long
ago a sandy stretch of grass and weeds. The
transformation was prompted by Rebecca Gloddy
and her son, Luke. Gloddy works for an Orlando
company that deals in gardening supplies, so it is
understandable that Luke has been gardening since
he was 4 years old. When he entered kindergarten >> Flowers and veggies thrive where once was a bare patch of land at Gemini Elementary School.
Stainless steel troughs, adorned with colorful giant butterflies and mushrooms, should last for many a generation of young gardeners.
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