During the week of April 12th through the 16th, ten volunteers from the community garden participated in a spring seed starting program in all of the 29 classrooms in the Cambridge Central School elementary program. We helped the students in grades 2 through 6 make paper pots and used peat pots in pre-K through 1st grade. Each student planted two pots, one the assigned vegetable for their classroom and the other a flower or vegetable of their choice. Seeds were donated by the Bentley Seed Company of Cambridge, New York. Potting soil was donated by Alexander's Hardware. Peat pots were donated by Janet Britt. Many of the classrooms had prepared for our visit by reading about seeds and some had their own growing projects already in action. Everyone seemed happy to be participating. Later in the spring the students will take walking field trips to the Community Garden to plant out their seedlings.
