ZEELAND TWP. — A new garden space coming to Woodbridge Elementary this spring will help supplement student learning while providing fresh produce to the school and community.
Students in Bill Boerman’s class at Woodbridge have been working since the fall to design and build a garden, featuring a handful of beds for planting produce, a pumpkin patch and more, on the school grounds.
“We’re trying to make a garden so that we have fresh produce,” student Tyler Black said. “We’re tilling an area for pumpkins, we’re going to make more beds, we’re making a fence, we’re making a storage shed.
“We still have a lot of work, but I think it will be good once we’re done. It’s going to be fun.”
Boerman said the project will have