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Grant Will Help Students Expand Garden In Their High School Courtyard

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Tom Sofield
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Student Abby Ryan, Academic Literacy Coach Maria Doherty, student Sabrina Wright, Social Studies Teacher Doug Braun, student Justin Reardon and SCA Communications Director Susan Michini.
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What was once a courtyard at Bristol High School is now a thriving vertical and community garden.

Recently, SCA, a Philadelphia-based global hygiene and forest products company, presented a $5,000 Environmental Education Grant to Bristol High School. The donation, much like one presented last year, will help fund the community garden that incorporates traditional and vertical garden structures.

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Last summer, the garden grew fast-growing herbs, fruits and vegetables. The students’ goal was to produce enough food to use some in the school’s lunch menu.

The program is currently planning to add composting, a vertical herb wall and a greenhouse to extend the growing season.

Since SCA started it grant program in 2008, more than $300,000 has been doled out.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.