On the night of Sept. 26, at the varsity home football game, one club was selling candied apples for $5. The apple would be sliced, drizzled with caramel or chocolate sauce, and decorated with sprinkles of the customer’s choosing. This club, Garden club, was selling apples to raise funds in order to build a school greenhouse. 

“This is something that can be used for the Garden Club for many, many years… something that would be ADA compliant, so that students of all abilities would be able to access it,” Katie Biere, the sponsor of Garden Club and an art teacher, said. Currently, the Garden Club is using two small planting boxes near the Garden of Hope, outside of the 300 hallway.

A greenhouse would greatly increase the amount that could be grown as well as the different plants that could be grown.

“It’s such a large amount that’s needed…$5,000, for the greenhouse and concrete,” Biere said.

Garden Club has reached out to Booster Club and Elevate Outdoors, a company that creates outdoor spaces, in addition to selling candied apples at the football game, and are considering other fundraising options as well. 

“[With a greenhouse] We can be able to grow things all year long, this will make sure Garden Club does not have a long down period during the winter months,” Isabella Hufty (12), the president of Garden Club, said. This had been a problem in earlier years, where the small planting boxes could not be used for much of the school year. 

Whether the average student will be able to use the greenhouse is still being considered.

“I imagine we will try to let everyone have access to it like the current outdoor garden, but there are still many things regarding the building and the use of the greenhouse we must discuss first,” Hufty said. 

It is also possible the special education classes will use the greenhouse and take care of the plants, as well.

“We’re developing a plan for its use, but I think as it stands it is primarily for Garden Club members,” Biere said.