the tree gardeners of willoglen High

                                                         

                                          In this project, me and my fellow friends were getting mulch from the parking lot and transporting it to the garden. This wasn't as easy as I though but we worked together and it was a piece of cake. These are some of the photos that we took at the site of the gardening.

 Also, to make sure the weeds don't grow back, me and a friend called Urial went to pull some weeds out. This was a little difficult, but we knew that to make sure they don't grow back we needed to pull them out.

We put the weeds inside this barrel. In Adition used the weeds we collected and put it as compost.

Emily Williams' Cleanup Experience

This is the pile of mulch that is used in many of the gardens at Willow Glen High School.

Last week, I helped cleanup the gardens by spreading mulch around some plants near the parking lot with some help from Mr. Bursch. First I used a shovel to scoop some mulch into a wheelbarrow. Then, I moved the wheelbarrow to the area where I had to spread the mulch. Then I dumped the mulch on to the soil and spread it with my shovel. I repeated this process until there was enough mulch on the soil. This process took about one hour. The newly spread mulch will help keep the soil moist and keep the plants from drying up. I enjoyed helping with the garden cleanup more than I thought I would. I learned that it takes a lot of work to maintain the beautiful plants I get to see every day when I am at school. I also learned that you can accomplish great things if you work together with people. As I said earlier, Mr. Bursch helped me spread the mulch and I wouldn't have been able to spread nearly as much mulch if I did this task alone.

Jesus Farias garden clean up

This Friday i volunteered to clean up the garden for 1 hour in that hour we filled the garden with mulch. mulch is genarelly there to improve the soil around plants. it was pretty fun me and my friends enjoyed the garden clean up more than we thought we would.

ESLP Mulch Project 2015

On Friday, December 4,  we worked on cleaning the gardens and putting mulch on the gardens. This benefits the garden because it will help it grow. Mulch covers the soil underneath and improves the growth of the plants. The mulch keeps the soil moisture so that the plants won't dry up quickly. In the summer it keeps the roots cool and in the winter it keeps the roots warm.

Michael's garden clean up experience

I think the Ecology Learning Project is about giving back to the community that gives to us. It is also about teaching kids work ethic so our generation isn’t one that doesn’t do anything progressive and just mooches off what we already have and honestly as of now that’s how it’s turning up. For my service project I helped out with the many gardens on our school campus. I’m not going to lie I didn’t actually choose this I was given it due to the fact that I didn’t sign up to do anything. My experience there was interesting I actually like which I was surprised about. Gardening isn’t bad you can have a lot of fun with it if you have a positive attitude. It also taught me how serious the drought is and how much it’s affected the plants. I know for a fact that I have affected the lives of all of the plants by replacing the mulch. Also watering them doing anything to make them live longer. I have to say I actually like working, we have it to good these days I actually want to go out and work on something.   

Ashley Garcia's cleanup experience

For the cleanup we had to pull out all the dead and unnecessary weeds. We worked on this for almost two hours then we had to clean up after ourselves. After everything was done there was a huge difference on how it looked when we first started cleaning. Time flew by fast and I had a good time.

This is what the garden looks like now.

Matt Miller's Garden Cleanup Experience

It was a great experience cleaning up the WGHS GOLD Garden for the Ecology Service Learning Project and learning about the extraordinary plants we planted and extracted. We worked two 2 hour shifts and worked on the main garden, the WGHS GOLD garden, the Butterfly Garden, and the gardens on Varsity Lane and in the senior parking lot. After mulching all the gardens, clearing the paths, and pulling out very impressive weeds, everyone in our group started to appreciate the garden and plants in general. It was a great experience cleaning the multiple gardens on our campus, and I hope it stays in the shape it is in now, and continues to look great.