UCOP Cares helps Frick Middle School plant a garden
April 19, 2010 •
A dozen UCOP staffers came together Friday, April 16 to help students at Frick Middle School in Oakland plant a vegtable garden. Chen Yin Noah, the associate director for the natural reserve system, worked with the school and OP volunteers to organize the Earth Day event and solicit garden donations. In all, more than 27 OP staff got involved — either contributing materials or their time. The results were impressive: In a few short hours, plots of waist-high weeds were transformed into beds filled with lettuce, herbs, squash, strawberries, tomatoes and more. Click on a photo to enlarge it and launch a slideshow of the event.
Students shovel dirt into a the compost bin.
Two students begin planting strawberries.
UCOP staff donated plants, veggies and seeds for the garden
Jerry Booth tackles some of the overgrown weeds.
Gina Mortenson donated a magnolia tree
Trish Hare takes on the tough job of weeding.
Students, teachers, and UCOP employees celebrate the new garden.
Great job, and very inspiring. It would be great to have more opportunities like this.
Thank you all so much for coming. Our garden certainly needed some help and you guys truly helped to transform it! We are so appreciative.