Photo courtesy of Smithtown CSD
Town of Smithtown Supervisor, Edward Wehrheim, said he was amazed at what’s growing at Mt. Pleasant Elementary School.
“I’m coming back when there are cucumbers to pick,” he told the students.
The Town of Smithtown, Reworld Waste (formerly Covanta) and the Smithtown Central School District teamed up to create the new garden. Kathy Smerechniak, the STEM specialist at Mt. Pleasant, has been working with the student council to nurture plants from seeds under grow lights.
Students have been actively involved in the maintenance of plants and have spent time learning about the life cycle of plants in their science curriculum.
On May 22, Supervisor Wehrheim, Town Public Information Officer Nicole Gargulio and Reworld staff visited the garden to see the students’ thriving plants in the garden beds. The vegetables grown in this garden will be donated to the local food pantry.
The garden beds, made from recycled material, were donated by Reworld along with seeds, compost, solar-powered water times and irrigation system. The Town of Smithtown will continue to support Smithtown schools to advocate for additional opportunities at other elementary schools to develop similar projects.
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