The Lorax Garden
I read Dr. Seuss's The Lorax to every student in every kindergarten every year. There's a moral that resonates with me, a moral that is explicitly spelled out - Unless you care, nothing will change. I always pause and point to each one of them when the story gets to this point. Unless. You. This is their garden, not Grandma's Garden. It seemed only right that they do the heavy lifting. Thanks to a grant from the UofA and the USDA, we're well on our way to creating our own Lorax Garden. We're going to fill it with weird and wonderful edible plants, like this passion fruit, which Rillito Nursery is holding for me. We're conspiring to find more wonderful ideas; we're open to suggestions. I picked up the supplies at Home Depot, where they loaded my car. I unloaded them onto a cart myself; it was my workout for the day. I got the 1st grade to push the cart on the sidewalk; they needed my help so there are no pictures. I let the k...