Funding Marjory's Garden

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Marjory's Garden is a school garden and green space at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. This garden is a student-led and student-operated STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) project providing students with hands-on educational opportunities ranging from astronomy, horticulture, nutrition, and wildlife preservation.

 

 

Currently, the green space is used during school hours as an outdoor classroom space and an area for students to eat lunch once a week. The garden also hosts astronomy nights and movie nights as a space for students to gather outside of the classroom. Weekends host garden work days where students arrive at 9am on a Saturday or Sunday to voluntarily perform maintenance including weeding, harvesting, and building garden structures.

 

 

 

This fundraiser is to assist in funding general garden maintenance as well as current and future projects. All proceeds are deposited into an account for supervising staff members to maintain this unique and special greenspace.

 

Current Major Projects (02.24)

Orchard planting, mulching and irrigation

Path to orchard

Fill wheelchair accessible planters

 

Continued Maintenance Needs

-Annual flower/vegetable plants and seeds, starter trays and soil, organic fertilizers and pesticides, work gloves, hoses, trowels, pruners, landscape bags, water bottles (no outdoor water fountains near garden)

-Treated wood, nails, screws, vinyl coated cables, gas/oil for landscape equipment

 

Marjory's Garden is divided into multiple unique sections

Front Beds

The welcome center of the garden hosting a variety of flowers and veggies interplanted to mutualistically provide shade as they grow

Aquaponics Station

To the left of the front beds is the aquaponics station. Here, students apply STEM concepts and experiment with the balance hydroponics and aquaculture to grow crops for the garden,

 

Outdoor Classroom

Outdoor space where students learn outside and enjoy lunch outdoors

 

Butterfly and Zen Garden

Butterfly Garden features native plants designed to attract all pollinators and serve as host plants for butterfly larvae. The Zen Garden is a peaceful refuge featuring seventeen stones, representing our fallen eagles. Located on the back wall of the space is the only remaining piece of our community's Temple of Time.

Orchid Rehab Garden

A shaded garden area for the care, rehabilitation, and propagation of flowering and non-flowering epiphytic plants.

Food Forest and Composting Station

The Food Forest is a permaculture garden comprised of climate appropriate crops that are strategically planted to create a self sustaining ecosystem. The Composting Station recycles garden plants, weeds, and shredded school paper to later be used in the garden.

Astronomy Observatory

A place for astronomy classes and any interested students to use telescopes on astronomy nights.

Marjory's Glades

Honoring Marjory Stoneman Douglas, a seating area focusing on The Everglades and native sawgrass.

Wood Vegetable Beds and Agricultural Beds

Garden beds providing produce for education, fundraising, and student consumption.

Tree and Border Plants

Bordering separated sections are a variety of shrubs, vines, shade trees, and fruit trees.