Kingfield Elementary School garden program promotes biodiversity

KINGFIELD – In 2021, Kingfield Elementary School’s 6-year-old garden program expanded to include biodiversity. Further biodiversity came this spring with the addition of native shrubs to the school yard. When KES was built in 1978, the ground between the school and road became lawn. Betty Ann Listowich of the local Norpine Landscaping company had always had a vision of turning that lawn back to its natural state. She saw an opportunity when she noticed how the garden classroom was developing, and Kindergarten teacher and garden program leader Selina Warren loved the idea. Folowing up, Norpine used its hydro seeder toRead More