The Slow Food WISE Learning Garden at Maryland Avenue Montessorri, an MPS school on Milwaukee’s Eastside, was planted the last week of May by the students along with the help of parents and Slow Food volunteers.

watering seedlings

The raised gardens, which were built last year, stand on asphalt adding some much appreciated greenspace to the school grounds. The gardens, which use principals from “square-foot gardening,” give the kids an opportunity to connect with nature but also to apply skills in measurement and planning.

The goal for the 3rd and 6th grade …