Louise Schaefer and her business partner established Edge of the Woods Native Plant Nursery to meet the rising interest in native plants, with a mission to make them accessible to
Last winter, students in Manheim Central High Schoolâs FFA plotted out how to grow about 4,000 plants for their stand at Landis Valley Herb & Garden Faire.
Not long later, the pandemic closed school, cut off access to the greenhouse and canceled the plant sale.
Ag science teacher Seth Kensinger rescued hundreds of pepper seedlings and student Anna Haldeman cared for them in structures her family built at her home. Kensinger planted some of the tomato seeds as the lock-down started. Later in the spring, he gave away the plants for donations in hopes of recouping their costs.
This winter, students in the schoolâs new greenhouse management and landscaping class knew the 2021 herb and garden faire was canceled. They still decided to grow a variety of tomatoes, herbs, vegetables and cantaloupe as a class project.