Flyboys-Bee Prepared

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Mr. Painter defines an ecosystem as a relationship among living organisims.  We consider Stonewall Gardens a healthy ecosystem, therefore it is sustainable.  Our ecosystem consist of trees, herbs, flowers, vegetables, compost, water, and a host of pollinators.  Mr. Painter's lessons are about cycles and systems, whether on a weekly basis or seasonal.  We don't just plant, we consider what our place is in nature.

With years of planning and redesigning, every element of Stonewall Gardens has a specific purpose.

Knowing that about one out of every three bites of food we eat is made possible by a pollinator.

About 80% of our flowering plants rely on pollinators for survival.

Our garden was designed not only to educate young minds with hands-on-learning, but as a master gardener, Mr. Painter,  knows that plants in isolation will not thrive.  The range of our garden was designed to include plants, native to our region, specifically to attract a wide range of pollinators.

Scientists are alarmed at the rate of pollinators that are disappearing.

Our garden curriculum teaches the young minds of Stonewall Gardens that we must be stewards of our environment.  It is why the students are successful during their explorations in the garden.  It allows them to apply these lessons to everyday life.  These  opportunities have made them aware of the importance of being stewards for a better planet.

We don't ask yearly, or monthly, or weekly, but daily we ask:

Where do the children play?