Bristol Elementary gets pollinator garden

BRISTOL — Bristol Elementary School (BES) now boasts a pollinator garden on its campus. It took a village to create a natural space for Bristol children to explore. Parents, inspired by the joy their children experienced during the school’s Forest Days, wanted to build on it. Thus the pollinator garden idea was born. Parents and school administration began meeting to remove hurdles to students being outdoors. The focus of the effort became: •  Outdoor classroom space to facilitate classroom-based learning o … (read more)

I may be speaking too soon, but I’m pretty sure 2020 is going to be my best gardening year ever. I’ve got a game-changing tool and a bold new attitude. A friend of mine recently recommended a gardening implement she called a “Japanese weeding knife.” It’s … (read more)