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Go Green 2017

 If you haven’t seen the newest addition to the GW Campus, you will want to check out the new School/Community Garden, named The Green Space by the students.  The new garden is located in the south courtyard, within the walled area just off of the greenhouse and biology classrooms.  The garden was completed on April 15th, 2017 as the main focus of GW’s annual Go Green Day.  Go Green Day, organized by the GW Grounds Committee, was a wonderful day of service and accomplishment where approximately 65 students and 35 adults worked together to install planters mix and crusher fines into beds and pathways. 

The student groups who helped on Go Green Day included AVID, NHS, Girls’ Soccer, BSA, GW Ambassadors, JROTC, Pep Club, Softball, Grow Club, VOA, Boys’ Lacrosse, and even some middle school students.  In addition, stagecraft students built the wooden bed frames, and art students are designing and building mosaic benches to be placed in the garden. 
Thank you to all who came out to help.  The weather was perfect, and everyone got a good workout and a bit of sun!

This garden would not have been possible without the vision, design and construction assistance provided by Denver Urban Gardens; and Target Foundation, who provided the primary funding for the garden.  Thank you also to the Crestmoor Garden Club, who made a generous monetary contribution to the garden, and to Country Fair Garden Center and Tagawa Gardens who both contributed supplies.  Please note that Country Fair has moved to a close new location at Leetsdale and Quebec.  We were delighted that the Denver Fire Department, Station #19, came and helped us break up some of the compacted soil areas. 

Many of the garden plots have already been planted, and will soon be producing peas, lettuce, spinach and other veggies.  Eight of the plots are dedicated to GW students and DPS Garden of Youth students.  The Grow Club will plant the GW plots, producing vegetables and fruits that will go into the school cafeteria to be used in the salad bar.  Garden of Youth students will take their produce to local farmer’s markets, further developing their gardening, marketing and interpersonal skills.
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If you are interested in being part of the GW Grounds Committee or renting a community plot for the season, please contact Lisa at gwschoolgarden@gmail.com.


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Adults Volunteers
Stephanie Bakken
Tim Bakken
Emily Bartlett
Terese Berger
Lorna Brass
Steve Brown
​Derek Cocovinis

Grace Curry
Barb DeSarro
David Ehrlich
​Lee Ann Huntington
Ali Jennings
Sean D. Kelty
Josh Kittle
Amelia Kristofic
Scott Lessard
Marjorie Lane
Paco Lopez
Susan Lurie
Kevin Maguire
Jason McIntyre
Kylie McLane
Samaridden Meliboev
Zoe Michalowski
Nessa Mogharreban
Libby Neid
Sarah Pezoa
Anne Phelps
Doug Post
Jana Roush
Leslie Tseng
Martha Tucker
 
Denver Fire Department, Station #19
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​​​Student Volunteers
Brianna Aguilar
Grace Adams
Escadar Alemayehu
Olivia Almon
Nancy Anavisca
Catherine Bakken
Blaine Balstad
Frank Barber
Marina Barbera
Anna Barrow
Samantha Bono
Hilary Borjon-Solis
Cassidy Brown
Anani Cabanas
Amy Chang
Sofia Chavez
Jaeson Chin
Mckenna Daly
Maddie Davis
Viviana Deluna
Nayeli Dimas
Gigi Emerson
Lexi Emerson
George Fenton
Jake Fisher
Mykell Fisher
Rubbie Fisher
Mariah Flores
​Laine Ford

Abby Foster
Caleb Gammon
Phoebe Garfield

Carolyn Gatlin
Katrina Gilman

Emma Ginsberg
Margalit Goldberg
Cyrus Haas
Caity Henderson
Jack Holland
Emily Klaassen
Berkley Larson
Paola Kwan
Jydia Loof
Angelo Maldanado
Yesenia Martin
Kenci Mendoza
Samanta Mendoza
Eva Munro-Ehrlich
​Edyth Moldow

Yen Nguyen
Clark Oh-Willike
Jose Pasillas
Gabriel Peelman
Elizabeth Price
Elijah Quinlan
Lucca Raabe
Cousteau Reinig
Monroe Roush
Bena Smith
Clayton Smith
Vincent Stahel
Emma Stefanacci
Thaw Sue
Harrison Thorn
Isabel Tseng
Trinity White
Alma Younger
Jade Zimmer
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