{"id":1109,"date":"2012-10-31T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T21:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2012-10-31T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T21:27:25","slug":"the-teachers-garden-transformation-before-and-after","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/2012\/10\/the-teachers-garden-transformation-before-and-after\/","title":{"rendered":"The “Teacher’s Garden” Transformation, Before and After!"},"content":{"rendered":"

For eight months now the ah-janns (teachers) and students have been working hard at revamping the “Teacher’s Garden”. The beautifully transformed garden located at the back of Legacy school grounds has been a joy to all of us here that walk it everyday. The pictures below are taken in succession as we worked. Below is a pastel drawing I drew of what we thought the garden should look like when it was completed.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Ideas, ideas, ideas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEFORE:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The sad brown garden had once been a deck and then gravel had been laid down for a path years before. Here you can see the cement piers sticking out of the ground and an old bamboo bench in the back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Here we put the old gravel pathway onto black plastic sheets so we could reuse it. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
We reshaped the pathway to give it some character and then added the gravel back and bricks on the sides that were originally surrounding the cement piers. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Leaves, rock, and weeds were cleared next. Recycled tiles from past projects were added to give the walkway a special touch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Plants were planted in pots. River rocks from the farm were added on either side in ellipses as a stage for plants and fish bowl. Soil was brought in for the right side and pineapples were planted. In the background students are constructing a bamboo trellis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Attima, Sern Nay Paw, and Katree weeding around the gravel pathway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Jay, a past student of Legacy, came to help build the trellis around the unsightly cement piers. The "design challenge" turned out to be a good thing after all because it brought the garden in and made a place for cucumbers to vine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
A side view of the garden....getting close to being finished. Here tomatoes grow in the foreground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AFTER:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
The sala bench is being completed here. Rainy season has made the garden extra green and we enjoy the beautiful view from our office in the teacher's house daily.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Auntie Tumar and Muzar enjoying sitting in the sala bench during the Feast of Tabernacles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Gourds that we grew at the farm. We cut holes in them to house orchids and hang around the garden. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
The new garden wouldn't be complete without its own one of a kind sign.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Posted by: Aj. Abby<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For eight months now the ah-janns (teachers) and students have been working hard at revamping the “Teacher’s Garden”. The beautifully transformed garden located at the back of Legacy school grounds has been a joy to all of us here that walk it everyday. The pictures below are taken in succession as we worked. Below is a pastel drawing I drew of what we thought the garden should look like when it was completed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-generalnews","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1109"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1136,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1109\/revisions\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacyinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}