Mendham Students Sustaining Needy With School Garden

Middle school students at Mountain View School in Mendham are making a difference in their community by helping others all while learning.

The school’s Garden Club has donated 15 pounds of fresh vegetables to Homeless Solutions and Interfaith Food Pantry in Morristown so far this school year, thanks to their harvesting.

Among the crops have been peppers, eggplant, and carrots given to the organizations which provide relief to the homeless and working poor.

It’s not just the non-profit organizations that are benefitting from the school’s harvesting, however. The garden has also yielded fresh food to the school cafeteria as a healthy supplement to the students’ lunch menu, according to Brianna Cubby, a fifth grade science teacher in Mendham.

The “Teaching Garden” was created to teach students about science and the evolution of plant and food life.