Urban garden initiative hosts a garden glow-up event

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To revamp the garden at school, 14 student volunteers under the guidance of Dr. Julia Couper and Mrs. Aviva Goldberg Scaramucci, gathered at nine a.m. Saturday, Oct. 23 to begin planting. (Photo/Dr. Couper)
The students came from The Urban Garden Initiative (TUGI) and the Lower School Black, Gold, and Green Club. In addition to this garden, TUGI also hopes to start a composting system at school. (Photos/Nithisha Makesh)
Not only will the garden be an organic garden, a garden free of pesticides and other harmful chemicals, but it will also be a butterfly garden. Milkweeds reside in the middle row of the garden along with two caterpillars. Other butterflies flying in the air will smell the milkweeds and come visit the garden. (Photos/Nithisha Makesh)
Marigolds and milkweeds take up most of the garden, however sunflower, radish and bean seeds fill the empty spaces. (Photo/Nithisha Makesh)

Senior Nithisha Makesh returns for her third and final year on the Patriot Post staff. She hopes to make this year memorable and one of the best. Besides writing articles and studying, she enjoys crocheting and watching Gilmore Girls. On campus, she is involved in numerous activities including Literary Magazine, EHS, The Urban Garden Initiative, The Butterfly Project, Girl Up, Moot Court, Quill and Scroll and Key Club.