After funding a grant to make the Field Park vegetable garden a reality in 2010, WSFEE funded another grant this past spring for 60 plant markers that were installed by the students on Planting Day May 22, 2017. The students of Field Park as well as summer school students from District 101 and the community of Western Springs can now identify plants in the garden and are encouraged to experience the garden by touching and smelling certain plants.

“This was an invaluable addition to the garden and we saw much more interaction in the garden with the kids and the community because everyone was able to easily identify the plants as they were growing but not yet recognizable.”
– Annie Tandy, Field Park Parent

“I would definitely like to apply for a WSFEE grant in the future. I felt the process was fair and straight forward.”
– Annie Tandy, Field Park Parent