The results are in!

Thank you, Foothills community, for your participation in our fundraising night at Chipotle and thank you, Chipotle, for partnering with us!

And the final total is...$1651.45!

Totally worth the wait in line, right? What a great evening of sustainable food and community building. Thanks again for joining us and supporting your Foothills Garden.

"Eat for Change" at Chipotle tonight!

Tonight is Eat for Change night at Chipotle on North Nevada. Dine at Chipotle between 4-8pm, mention the "garden fundraiser," and half the proceeds from your meal will benefit the Foothills Learning Garden. Hope to see you there!

Where is the garden going?

This is definitely the garden's most frequently asked question. I've posted an aerial photo below with the garden superimposed over the top so that you can see exactly where we plan to put it. We hope to have the fence installed in May, plumbing in June, and be building beds by July. Bed-building will require a few volunteer workdays, so stay tuned if you'd like to help. We'll need all the help we can get!

Water will have to come from near the red "A" bubble and be buried all the way to the garden.

Here is a rendering of the garden design. We hope to have three frost-proof water hydrants installed on the long edge of the garden so that there is plenty of water for everyone.

First grant approval! But . . .

Many, many grants have been applied for in the process of planning this garden, but the first one to be approved is a $5,000 garden grant from our school district.

Can I get a fist bump or a hooray or something? And a big shout out to Academy District 20 for providing a forward-thinking grant opportunity.

This is big news for us and will facilitate the beginning stages of construction in our garden as well as additional funding from other sources.

But, yes, there is always a "but," there is one condition.

In order to get the grant money, we need to make some changes at Foothills to offset the amount of water that will be used in the garden. Ideally those changes would be cheap or free changes to make. We have a few ideas for reducing water usage but we'd like to hear yours. If you (or your Foothills students) have ideas for how to reduce water usage at Foothills, leave your ideas in the comments!