Today was a pretty inspiring day. I started it by taking the ferry over to Bainbridge Island's IslandWood. It is a magical spot. A stunning eco-focused learning center, and a place that i'd like to return to as a family. The lunchtime meal was beautifully presented and absolutely delicious. The head chef spoke to us briefly about our meal and eating locally. This guy cooks with a lot of passion and it shows.
I was attending a day-long summit for the Puget Sound School Gardens Collective. The summit brought together people from all over the Sound, particularly from Seattle and on the island, who are working to build and maintain student garden programs. There were representatives from many other schools, Public Health, Seattle Tilth, UrbanSprouts, Full Circle Farm, etc. The summit was inspiring, energizing and rewarding. It made me really appreciate the existing program that is at our neighbourhood elementary school. And that i found my way there, as it is opening new 'garden gates' for me.
After my day away, my family rode bikes and scooters up to the school to look at our school's student garden. Last week, the children finished their spring plantings. The radishes are already popping up. The clematis, which hangs over the student garden sign, is fragrantly in bloom. The garden program is a simple thing but the lessons are so wide and life-long.
It is a day where you just sit back and reflect on the 'places' that life takes you. Today, getting beautiful views of Seattle from the ferry, walking through the greenhouse at IslandWood and watering at our student garden, i feel so very fortunate.
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