
Dry Riverbed and climate appropriate plants.
On Monday I paid a visit to Stork Elementary in Rancho Cucamonga. They received a garden grant back in the 2009-2010 school year. Marina Smith is the teacher that is in charge of the program and she speaks very highly of Brandi LaPorte who is a parent volunteer that takes kids out to the garden to teach them about science and she also does a lot of fundraising to keep the garden in active. The garden has three parts, the Climate appropriate garden with a dry riverbed pictured to the left.

Peppers, Eggplants and the wonderful Marigold companion to keep bugs away.
There is also a planter wall that includes many edibles such as squash and artichoke as well as some climate appropriate plants and some dwarf citrus trees which are climate appropriate AND edible.
Lots of edibles and drought tolerants growing in plantersAt the end of the planters there is a slope with six terraced vegetable boxes. There are many plants including eggplants, peppers and squash.

A cantaloupe loving the garden!
Most of the vegies and fruits are ready to be harvested and winter crops are going to be planted soon.

I bet you’ve never seen okra still on the plant.
Mrs. Smith’s class planted a small pumpkin patch and it has been quite succesful.

Pumpkin Patch!
Mrs. Smith gave me some okra and eggplant to take home. I shared some of them with some of my coworkers back at the office.

Okra and eggplants!

