Topic: FGCU Campus Garden
During the Spring 2010 Student Government elections, the UNITE party had a platform item which talked about building a campus garden. This idea came from the SG Director of Environmental Initiatives Tyler Offerman. The campus garden is finally in the works, and I’m excited to see how it adds to the sustainability of our campus.
The FGCU campus garden will be a food-production garden and it will help students understand the amount of preparation and work that goes into growing your own food. Today’s society detaches us from where our food comes from and the work that goes into getting it onto our plates. This will be a hands-on project that all students can participate in. Students will have the opportunity to get in the garden and plant seeds, harvest crops, and design beds. This garden will provide locally-grown, organic foods to our campus. Some things that will be grown are fruit trees, perennials, vegetables, herbs, flowers, and other native vegetation.
The garden will be completely student funded by Activity & Service Dollars and it will be student ran as well (meaning students can get service learning hours).
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