Although it was cut short, we still had an amazing year in the Ecology Club! Lots of new faces this year :) We had our annual salsa-making competition with the CONNECT program where we used produce from our vegetable garden. Special thank you to Teri Simpson and her students last summer for tending our garden while we were away! And much thanks to Bob Borowski from Buildings & Grounds for carving out some lovely tree stump chairs to add to our outdoor classroom in the oak savanna (see 3rd pic below). There is now enough seating for a full class! Clearing invasive buckthorn is a constant project for us but it is therapeutic work we do out there. We collected seeds from our prairie butterfly garden and set up our strawberry containers for winter sowing. We were hoping to have another native plant sale this Spring using plants we've grown from seed but maybe next year! We also started to set up an aquaponics tank. Maybe next year on that one too :/ And our trip to the One Earth Film Festival had to be cancelled in March as well. Despite the global setback, we had fun! And we're excited to decide on some projects for next year! Check out our full photo album!
And see our slideshow outlining more details about our natural landscapes on the Maine East campus.
