It all started with a request.........

Near the end of the 2016-2017 school year, our Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Nancy Kelly asked if we (HHS)  would be interested in planting a pumpkin patch on the Hillside High campus. A discussion between Mrs. Haver and myself ensued.  I decided to take on the task with the help of some Cal Poly Pomona student interns that the UUSD was using. After a visit to the L.A. County Fair Farm in late May by HHS, I was convinced we could do it.  We each planted approximately 50 pumpkin seeds in early July.   Later in July, we began building a garden area to plant the germinated seeds. An area at the back of the lawn of HHS was selected because there had been an existing garden therefrom the 2009 school year. Upland facility folks moved the existing broken concrete forms and cleared the area. The garden was completed on July 28th with the much-appreciated help from the Upland USD facilities.

The CPP students had 20 cubic yards of soil donated from Wulfenbacher's.

 Approx. 100  pumpkin plants were planted in the new garden area.

Let the Journey Begin...........

Here is what the area looked like before the construction began!

The area was a garden that I had started with students in 2008, I believe. The financial crises began sometime around there and funding dried up, as did the garden.

These benches were moved by facilities and placed on the north side of the field next to the grass volleyball court.