VMES, Home of the Blueberry Bill, Celebrates New Blueberry Bush Donations
Students, teachers and faculty at Veterans Memorial Elementary School are celebrating and planting donated blueberry bushes in the school’s Outdoor Classroom garden. The donations are courtesy a local blueberry grower through the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s program “Ready, Set, Grow!”. School gardening initiatives are designed to teach children about where their food comes from, to encourage healthy food choices, and to develop an outdoor learning area that celebrates the native plants and people of the region.