For my first service project I did a garden cleanup! Since I did not complete it when I should have, I made up my hours later in the garden. In totally I did two hours. The first one, I went with a group of people to the outside garden (not the one by Mr. Bursch's classroom) and we went around planting some new seeds, picking up trash, and pruning a couple plants. There was a big tree with long leave-type things that were its seeds. The tree was very pretty and across the street there was an open area with just dirt, next to the fence where the pool is. Me and Nicole dug a couple wholes and planted the seeds. We planted a bunch because most of the seeds will probably not take. There was also a lot of trash around the garden, and seeing it all picked up and clean, made it look much better, and set a good example on our Willow Glen High School community. I worked for an hour and it was very tiring because I have never done that kinda of work before. The next time I did garden cleanup was just me and Andrew and we made great progress. Behind the garden there is supposed to be a walkway to go through it, but the plants back there were so overgrown and their were so many weeds that you could barely see over there. We went back and made a good pathway that is now cleared or plants and trash. Andrew is a very good pruner and he cut most of the plants very well. It took so much work that we spent the whole hour just cutting away at an overgrown weed. In the end we made a clear pathway, so now people can easily go behind the garden and it looks good too. I had made a pile that was overflowing and huge, the size of a wall almost. Andrew did the cutting and I took all the branches and things that were cut off, and gathered them into a pile. That pile was later taken by the real gardener and made into compost, I think. The second hour was definitily harder, but I'm almost sad that garden cleanup is over. I had lots of fun with my classmates after school, and i for sure learned some new gardening tips and tricks for next time!