Fort Worth ISD Schools

Hubbard Heights Garden


	Community Gathers to Give Input on Garden Design

Community Input on Garden

11/19/08- Mr. Renta addressed members of the Hubbard Heights community at a dinner sponsored by REAL School Gardens. After explaining the timeline and the process of creating a garden, parents, staff, and students got to design their dreams gardens on paper.


	Garden Design Finalized!

Garden Plan

Dec. 2008- This is the garden design for our school garden. It was created by Kerry Renta, Garden Design Consultant for REAL School Gardens. He looked at all the different garden designs our families came up with, and selected the common elements from all of them to include in the final design.


	Charrette Has Been Completed!

Jan. 2009- After the plans have been drawn up, the next step in the process is to a create a 3-D model (charrette) of what the garden will look like based on the plans. Here we have the finished charrette created by the members of the Garden Committee.


	Garden Committee Holds Meeting to Finalize Details

Jan./Feb. 2009- The Garden Committee met with Mr. Renta, from REAL School Gardens to finalize the plans for our garden. Members reviewed the layout and discussed what kinds of plants to include.


	School and Community Members Plant Trees

2/17/09- Staff, students, and community members came together on February 17th to plant the trees that will form part of our garden.


	Garden Installation Under Way

3/2/09- Our garden is beginning to take shape. Over the weekend, several volunteers began to install the plant beds. When completed, the plants in these plant beds will be cared for by lower grade students.


	CBS 11 News Highlights School Garden

4/1/09- CBS 11 reporter Nerissa Knight paid a visit to Hubbard Heights today to talk about how people are turning to gardening to help them during these economically difficult times. Several students, teachers, along with Principal Benavidez and REAL School Gardens Program Director Scott Feille were on hand to explain how the school garden came to be and to talk about all the different things students can learn from gardening.

For more information about the visit, click here .

Watch CBS 11 video here .


	Garden Day Held Saturday

Garden Day

4/4/09Parents, students, teachers, and other community members joined forces with the folks from REAL School Gardens this past Saturday to bring our wonderful school garden to life! The garden, which has drawn a lot of support from the community, has also drawn media attention because of the way everyone has come together to make this garden a reality.

See here video Univision Online-Dallas captured of everyone working together!

Check out the video that aired on KUVN Channel 23 here .

4/7/09- Univision Online Dallas publishes article (en español) about our Garden Day. Check it out here .

Students Help Plant a Garden of Dreams

5/15/09- Last Friday marked the beginning of the next phase in our wonderful garden. Students from all grade levels took turns working with REAL School Gardens Design Consultant, Kerry Renta, to carefully plant and water the various plants and trees that were scheduled to go in out garden. The immediate goal is to make sure to water the plants, trees, and grass to make sure they take root properly. When students return in the fall, hopefully they will find a beautiful, blooming garden awaiting to serve as a natural learning environment!

View photos from Plant Day

View Univision 23 Coverage of Plant Day

For more information about REAL School Gardens, visit their website at www.realschoolgardens.org .