Two days each week crews of Fallbrook Garden Club members work at La Paloma Elementary School’s gardens. Every September all students in the school's 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th grades are invited to sign up for the Junior Garden Club, also known as "Roots and Sprouts." The children (the sprouts) are encouraged to work alongside the volunteers (the roots) after school, and are welcome to visit the gardens at any time, observing butterflies and birds, smelling flowers, and sampling fruits and vegetables as they ripen.

In addition to the students and garden club members, four teachers and a UCSD nutritionist assist in the curriculum.

The gardens are registered with the National Federation as a Certified Wildlife Habitat. La Paloma is an open campus – stop by after school hours to see our work. The photos below don’t do it justice.

Check out our two most recently completed projects:

International Grove, developed with a grant from the San Diego Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects. More ...

Raised Beds, constructed from materials donated and delivered by the Home Depot. More ...

And many thanks to our other recent sponsors:

Main Garden, entrance, open during school hours More ...

Nursery, for propagation, pot culture, and garden tool storage More ...

Other gardens constructed and maintained by the La Paloma Junior Garden Club include two succulent gardens. The first is just outside the nursery garden. It was installed several years ago by special needs students who brought succulent cuttings from their home gardens to plant. 

The second succulent garden was originally a dusty patch of land outside an administrative office.  It includes a bird bath constructed of found materials by the Potter Junior High School welding class.

Updated 10/19/09