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Alrie Middlebrook Design

ELSEE Teaching Garden at Santee Educare and First 5

This is an ELSEE teaching garden at an Educare San Jose school.

 

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Before - Hard pan compacted clay

After

Santa Clara County native grassland garden; Foreground left to right: lemongrass, yellow yarrow, hooker’s primrose

Newly planted garden with recycled palate fencing donated by Home Depot

View from the constructed wetland and teaching area

Strawberry Guava

Planting pockets in the recycled palate fence

Water from sink drains into the constructed wetland with scour rush and arroyo willow

View from teaching area

Class on gathering acorns

A second Pre-K teaching garden at Santee Educare

Pearly everlasting with native grasses and young meyer lemon tree

Narrow leaf milkweed in flower

Food plants growing in galvanized cattle trough container: green beans and plantain

Foreground pearly everlasting, white sticky monkey flower, and California fescue bunchgrass

Poster made for the Garden Opening that was cancelled due to COVID

Halloween teepee construction with ELSEE garden elements

Design for Pre-K secret hiding place

Preschoolers using the secret hiding place!
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