Celebrating Earth Day at Ann Arbor Learning Community

Students and teachers at Ann Arbor Learning Community celebrated Earth Day this week by planting trees, shrubs and seeds throughout the school grounds and helping to clean up the property.

Special thanks to Pinter's Flowerland for the donation of compost and dogwood trees and to Nature and Nurture for their fabulous discount on 15 fruit trees and shrubs. We were able to plant everything despite Mother Nature's rather frigid temperatures and occasional snow flurries!

Early Primary classes planted 4 Nanking cherry shrubs, while Primary classes planted 3 apricot trees in the orchard and cold weather veggie seeds in their vegetable boxes.

Intermediate classes planted 4 paw paw trees near the butterfly garden and sunflower seeds in the art room garden. The Middle School planted 2 pear trees and 2 apple trees in the orchard, plus 2 dogwood trees and 1 dwarf serviceberry by the front walk.

It will be wonderful to watch these trees and shrubs grow over the years, providing a tremendous opportunity for students to cultivate their interest in the environment and build the knowledge and skills needed to care for our earth.