{"id":430,"date":"2014-12-03T11:32:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/?p=430"},"modified":"2014-12-03T11:35:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T17:35:59","slug":"washington-elementary-outdoor-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/washington-elementary-outdoor-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Garden for Washington Elementary Outdoor Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in August I went and looked at Washington Elementary&#8217;s Outdoor classroom space to see what might be done to restore it to a functional place for learning. \u00a0For three years or so the area had been virtually left alone and as a result is was in pretty bad shape. \u00a0A thick impenetrable mass of Bermuda grass, Black Locust saplings and Torilis arvensis\u00a0<em>Hedge Parsley\u00a0<\/em>had set up camp and virtually no desirable flora remained on the site. \u00a0The immediate solution was to remove all of this unwanted vegetation and start from scratch with native plantings that would provide a resilient natural garden full of educational opportunities. \u00a0With this in mind I came up with a design incorporating some of our regions ecosystems of tallgrass prairie, shortgrass prairie and cross timber woodlands. \u00a0After a couple of vegetation removal visits the site was ready for planting and a volunteer day on Saturday November 1st got the majority of the planting work done! \u00a0The ponds will be the next thing to work on and next year will be critical in establishing our plants and keeping on top of the unwanted plants. \u00a0Overall this has been a great opportunity for us to volunteer and donate the design, some plants and labor on a project that can demonstrate the value of Eco gardening and also create a civic benefit for our community. \u00a0Thanks to Washington teacher Tammy Trumble for spearheading the whole effort and to the students and faculty of OU&#8217;s college of Business that volunteered. \u00a0Thanks also to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.minickmaterials.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Minick Materials<\/a> who graciously donated compost and <a href=\"http:\/\/prairiewindnursery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prairie Wind Nursery<\/a> who donated some plants. \u00a0\u00a0There will be more volunteer days next year so contact us if you&#8217;re interested in getting involved.\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-430 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-before-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-before-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-433\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-433'>\n\t\t\t\tnot much worth saving: bermuda grass, crab grass, hedge parsley and black locust\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-before-3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-before-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-434\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-434'>\n\t\t\t\tanother before view\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-volunteers.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wash-woods-volunteers-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-436\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-436'>\n\t\t\t\tvolunteers hard at work\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl 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