AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sunday was National Gardening Day — a celebration for all gardening fanatics. Partners for Education, Agriculture and Sustainability, also referred to as PEAS, celebrates the outside on daily basis.
The Austin nonprofit operates a 24,000-square-foot group backyard at Cunningham Elementary in south Austin. Currently, their backyard is lush as college students are inclined to it by means of the spring.
It’s an effort the group hopes will unfold throughout the town.
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The Austin nonprofit operates a 24,000-square-foot group backyard at Cunningham Elementary in south Austin. (Mariano Garza/KXAN) -
The Austin nonprofit operates a 24,000-square-foot group backyard at Cunningham Elementary in south Austin. (Mariano Garza/KXAN) -
The Austin nonprofit operates a 24,000-square-foot group backyard at Cunningham Elementary in south Austin. (Mariano Garza/KXAN)
“PEAS is looking to expand. We’re growing very quickly in the coming years. We’re going to expand to more Austin-area schools. We’re trying to get this in more schools for more students… for them to be able to connect with nature, to grow their own food and cook it and eat it,” PEAS Outdoor Education Specialist Jackie Vay mentioned.
PEAS is having a “Spring to Fun Day”, which is open to the general public, on May 14 at its group backyard at 10 a.m.