What’s all the BUZZ at CJH?

Changes have been occurring in the front landscape of Canton Junior High School over the past couple of years and we aren’t finished yet!

The seventh grade science classes have been working alongside the Van Zandt Master Gardeners to create an educational butterfly garden. It’s a garden with a purpose! 

Imagine living in a world without flowers or fruit or even coffee or chocolate for that matter. Thanks to the wonderful work of pollinators like bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, much of the food we eat and flowers and plants we enjoy are made possible.

Despite the importance of pollinators, they are taken for granted all too often. Worldwide, there is an alarming decline in pollinator populations due to excessive use of pesticides and an ever-expanding conversion of landscapes to human use. 

The goal of this garden at CJH is to get students enjoying the outside world around us and to educate them now on choices they can make to improve their future world.

I’ve been working alongside a volunteer group of Master Gardeners, led by Cynthia Holifield, to help create this garden to use to educate the students and create an outdoor lab.

Thanks to the support of CISD Superintendent Jay Tullos and CJH Principal Amy Autry, this project has been allowed to take root and grow.

It has been quite a process to get this up and running. Landscaping designs and blocking off sections of the garden to focus implementation have helped make the landscape area be properly established and maintained.  

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