Advisor needed for develop Bishop O'Dowd's new vegetable garden area using permaculture and food forest concepts

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Bishop O'Dowd needs an adviser who can help us develop there new
vegetable garden area using permaculture and food forest concepts.

The Living Lab is not a typical school garden. It is a 3 acre site
adjacent to Bishop O'Dowd High School; a former neighborhood dump that
has been transformed over the last 11 years by students, teachers,
parents and alumni into a bio-diverse garden. It currently includes
an aquatic ecosystem which collects rainwater drained from the
school's roof into underground cisterns. The water then flows down a
small waterfall into a pond and then is filtered through its wetlands
back to the storage tanks. There is more info, and photographs, on
the Living Lab on the BOD website, if you are interested. <http://
www.bishopodowd.org/activities/living_lab.php>

Some highlights are:
• Aquatic Ecosystem: A tumbling waterfall, pond, and wetlands
• 21,000 gallon rain water storage tank buried in the hillside
• A composting facility
• 80% local native plant species
• botanic garden with representative groupings of the most common
native plant communities
• 60 trees planted by students as a memorial for student Anna Costa
• Memorial garden
• Wildlife habitat
• Capacity for three classes meeting at the same time
• A trail that loops around the site
• A greenhouse for propagation and germination projects
• A mural-covered storage shed that contains garden tools and class
materials for teachers
• Meditation places

Last year they planted 40 fruit trees and this year we are hoping to
add a vegetable garden to the list.

If you know anyone who might be interested in working on this project,
please let me know.