I drew this garden because you can have peace and quiet. You can play chess there. -- Tavon B.
The purpose of my school garden is for kids to learn how to plant. -- Jasmin H.
The garden will help the community because if there's homeless people we can give them our fruit. Also, we can give fruit to the kids for breakfast so we can get healthy. -- Tameeka P.
My garden can help the community by being a peaceful place to sit and read. -- Antone E.
The purpose of this garden is to be green. -- Bre'Asia B.
I would like to have art session tables outside just for the garden. And, I would like to plant them...The garden will help people understand that plants are alive, too. -- Azariah G.
How Our Garden is Designed
"It's fun to plant a garden and to see it come from a drawing on a piece of paper to becoming an actual garden." -- Courtanae Q.
For several weeks, FAST invited students, staff, families and members of the community to share ideas for the I Wonder Garden. Landscape architect Jean Mellott took these ideas and created a draft plan for community review and then, after receiving feedback, created the final plan below.
I Wonder Garden is located in the neighborhoods of Canton and Highlandtown, behind the Friendship Academy of Science & Technology 801 S. Highland Ave., Baltimore MD