Lowe's Heroes Project at Parkway

​On Friday, October 25th, we hosted a Lowe's Heroes Project workday at Parkway School. Lowe's employees volunteered their time to help with a variety of different garden projects. Working alongside them were several Watauga County Master Gardeners, a couple ASU students, an AmeriCorps Vista Service Member from Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, and several Cub Scouts/Parkway students and their Scout leaders. It was a great day of community collaboration in our Lettuce Learn gardens.

We'd like to give a huge THANK YOU to Lowe's for the time and materials they donated to our school!
Some of the materials donated include:

• Fence rails to repair broken ones in Parkway Ecology Project area and along driveway
• Soil and compost for garden beds
• Cattle panels and rebar to construct trellises in the gardens
• Lumber for constructing a garden bed in the preschool playground
• FRP panels, 2 storm doors, 1 exterior door, pavers and a gutter to complete the renovation of the SunCatcher greenhouse
• Gravel and landscape timbers to complete the nature trail
• Mulch to use in the gardens and around trees in the median
• Pansies and seeds to plant
• Potting Soil to use in the greenhouse

Scroll through the photos below to see what all we accomplished!