Community Wellness Project board member Shelby Smith checks on the rosemary in Chimacum School’s pizza garden while a team of Jefferson County Master Gardeners — from left, Candice Gohn, Susan Sparks and Honey Niemann — explore the rest of the project Monday evening. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Chimacum Students Learn to Grow Their Food: Community Project Focuses on Cycle of Farm to Table
By Diane Urbani de la Paz for the Peninsula Daily News.
Wednesday. May 5, 2021
CHIMACUM — This pizza garden, with its rosemary, oregano and onions, just might change a child’s future for the better.
That’s the hope fueling the Jefferson County Community Wellness Project, which has helped grow gardens on Chimacum school campuses.
Shelby Smith, a CWP board member, gave a tour of the gardens Monday evening and then explained their role in the big educational picture.
“The idea is that kids can’t learn well unless their bodies are nourished,” she said. “Creating healthy eating habits in your young life can really lay a foundation for a lifetime.”
Corey Chin, garden coordinator of the Community Wellness Project, harvests carrots in the Chimacum Elementary garden with help from Bristol Lunde.
PHOTO COURTESY OF JASON LYNCH
‘Budding Botanist’ grant will help expand Chimacum Elementary’s garden program
Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2021 10:43 am
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The native prairie along Chimacum Creek will be restored with the help of students from nearby Chimacum Elementary.
The school recently received a “Budding Botanist” grant from the Klorane Botanical Foundation.
Chimacum Elementary Principal Jason Lynch said the funding will help the school’s garden program add a new element: a native plant propagation and habitat restoration project using the elementary school’s garden, greenhouse, and campus. For more, click here:‘Budding Botanist’ grant will help expand Chimacum Elementary’s garden program | Port Townsend Leader (ptleader.com)