Help Build a Community Garden at Pierce Elementary

Pierce Elementary is inviting students, parents, teachers and Birmingham community members to help build a community garden at Pierce Elementary.

Pierce is the recipient of a vegatable garden from the non-profit Little Green Gardeners, which was created in 2011 by Birmingham resident Kirsten Taylor Urcan. The organization donates vegetable garden to local schools in Oakland County with the hope of teaching elementary-age students the importance of gardening for their educational, environmental, physical and emotional health.

"I formed Little Green Gardeners because I love the way that growing vegetables brings a sense of accomplishment and gets me excited about eating healthy, and I really wanted to share that iwth today's youth," Urcan siad.

"When I approached Pierce Elementary with the idea, they were really excited about it, and they envisioned all of the subjects that a garden can help teach through hands-on experience, such as science, math, etc."

SiteScape, Inc. of Utica will be provding the cedar raised garden beds and installing a picket fence at the garden. Meanwhile, Wiegand's Nursery of Macomb is donating planting soil and vegetation, while the Bank of Birmingham are donating $1,000 towards the picket fence as well.