The recycling trailer is available to all Grant families and Grant School neighbors on Wednesday. Each April, as part of its Earth Day celebration, the school sets aside one week in April for a special emphasis on recycling. The Butterfly Garden was the inspiration of Patty Freese, a parent volunteer and past PTO president. She sold candy bars to raise funds and solicited donations of plants, bricks for the path, bulbs, statuary, benches, and other help for the inner courtyard area. Parents, students, teachers, and administrators worked many hours to make this dream a reality.
Neighbors help to care for it.
They weed, mow, and water a minimum of two hours daily during the summer. Students helped to plant 250 spring bulbs and other plants. In all, over 500 plants have been put into the garden. The Branching Out program donated six trees. To date, ten species of butterflies and three hummingbirds have been spotted in the garden.