Slow Food® Utah

PHOTO GALLERY – Riley Schoolyard Garden

Construction of the Garden Boxes. Riley Elementary, Salt Lake City, Utah. Saturday, September 9, 2006

• Students, Parents, Teachers, Staff and Slow Food Volunteers met Saturday morning, September 9, 2006, bright-and-early to build the garden-boxes that will be the corner-stone of the School Yard Garden. The Schoolyard Garden will be a window into gardening for students in grades 1 through 6 at Salt Lake’s Riley Elementary School. The project has been received warmly by many at the school, and many students are exited to watch it grow. This project is supported by all who attended the Second Annual "Feast of Five Senses" fundraising dinner that Slow Food Utah organized, and Pine American Restaurant hosted Sunday, May 21, 2006.
• Thank you to all who volunteered and contributed. A great beginning, but only a beginning, as there is more to be done.

Redwood boards were purchased with funds raised at the Second Annual "Feast of Five Senses." Here, the boards have been cut and are ready for assembly into planter boxes for the garden.

Dave is measuring boards for cutting.

Soni’s husband brought his circular saw.

What a smile.

John Henning gives Rocio a helping hand at driving screws.

Tomas watches John and Rocio anchoring corner brackets.

It works as you work it.

LeeAnn and Brian secure corner brackets.

Thomas and Christi are a big help to Rocio as she anchors corner brackets.

Prior to this Saturday, locations had been marked on the grass for each box to be placed.

Slow Food Utah leader Christi Paulson makes sure a box is level, while a Riley Elementary student parent carries a box into place.

Community Volunteers Sarah and Dave carry another box into place.

Victory!

By this time most all the boxes are in place.

Joy works with the kids (Riley Elementary students) in attaching corner brackets.

Time for a breather.

The whole group completed all the garden boxes in less than two hours. Thank you to everyone here for their work helping get this stage of the School-Yard Garden completed.

Finished boxes.

This is the location of the Riley Elementary – Slow Food Utah "School-Yard Garden" in Salt Lake City. We have only just begun.