Since 1979, New Day School (http://newdayschool.org/) has been an active nonprofit school providing education for 69 preschoolers and kindergartners. New Day School would like to depave 8,990 square feet of asphalt around their newly acquired building, right next to the current school, to make room for gardens, a grass play area, and a pond. Depave will provide volunteers with all the necessary tools, safety gear, and water. Volunteers of all ages are welcome!

We have always valued the expansive out door space that our property has provided young children, but we are excited to further develop the play yard in a way to enahance the children’s experience. Fully utilizing the space for sustainable practices, organic gardens and lush playscapes, we hope to educate our children to a new way of respecting our envoronment and teach a new way of thinking about urban landscapes. By the removal of the asphalt of our new property, we will be able to create a pond habitat for rainwater catchment, double our organic food production, create a natural blending of our two properties whose design will be driven by permacultural practice, playscape design and our outdoor education/ garden program. Other features the new play yard will include are: outdoor classroom, bamboo grove, willow tunnel, bike pathways, berry patchs, children’s picking garden, obstacle course, and a covered arbor with cob benches.

Schedule

Saturday, May 29th

Depave Prep Day

Contact: Maia Nativ, maianativ@gmail.com

Saturday, June 5th

Depave at New Day School. Registration begins at 8:45am

Michelle Metzler, michellemetzler@gmail.com