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Lower School Learning Garden By Jake Glunk and John walsh



The Lower School Learning Garden has a large amount of sand and an even amount of silt and clay. Sand 46% Silt 27% Clay 27%

Many different animals such as squrriels, rabbits, etc. inhabbit the quad and "fertilize" the soil with their natural "fertilizer".

One of the defects of this garden is that it's very close to the front of the lower school building. One more defect is the fact that it's close to the sidewalk which often has little kids running around on the soil. As they bolt through the garden, they end up crushing the plants. The heat of the sun can also be harmful to the plants in the garden. The way this happens is the heat gets kept in the sidewalk which results in the plants getting overheated. Eventually, the plants just shrivel up and die. Also adding on to the sidewalk comment I think it is one of the more dramatic defects. I think because there is the possibilty of people stepping on the routes,and the plants growing into the sidewalk. which could definitley kill the plants.