June 14 and June 15

Yesterday students finalized the painting of rocks and lined them up to spell "Washington Lee Go Generals." After rock were placed students added the finishing touches by adding mulch and cleaning up the area. Students then worked together to water all the plants in preparation for the warm weather ahead.
Today invitations to the ribbon cutting ceremony were finished. Plants were watered by four students while others worked on creating a video to show all the work that went into creating the garden.

Wednesday, 6/15 period 4/5

Students admired their hard work after a long, fun experience. More admiration later.
Number of cards were determined for plant specification. Smartphones will be able to determine types of plants if the viewer is interested!

Tuesday 6/14 period 4/5

More work accomplished today! More plants were delivered. All plants were placed and readjusted to the level of the soil. Boulders were set in place from dirt or with pea stone rocks. Final touches are going to be done later. Almost complete!

Monday, 6/13 period 4/5

Tons of work completed! Plants arrived, lots of hard work put in. Leaf mulch was mixed with the top soil and plants were laid out to their correct positions. Dirt was placed as a barrier around the rocks to keep them in place.Great work today! A lot was accomplished today. More work to do!

Video update

Just a quick post to share the video that Raleigh created to document the progress of the project!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=2132584637826

Update for Period 6/7

Yesterday, June 7:
We finished filling the stream bed with the blue/gray rocks. At one point we got delicious brownie cookie things and grapes. Brooke, Camille, Alison, Brendan, Raleigh went on a rock hunt and found 2 large rocks.

Yesterdays product ----------------------->

Today, June 8:
Raleigh worked on the video we're going to put on the announcements. Karen, William and Casey worked on the press release and Brendan, Casha, Abby, Brooke, Monica and Alison went on a successful mission to get more rocks.
Pop edited the t-shirt designs and added the sponsor names.

Tuesday June 7th period 4/5

Tons of work completed today! Stream bed was entirely dug out and measured with a downward slope flowing towards the drain. A large strip of wood was used with the level allowing for the most precise measurements. The board was laid in the middle with the level on top. Cloth was laid out covering the stream following the curves and turns. The land next to the stream was flattened out on both sides. More work to be done, but the progress has been great! A big thanks to The Front Page for donating sandwich wraps that were exquisite!