A St. Alphonsus School student poses with a sample of items that were harvested from the school's community garden and donated to the Ballard Food Bank Aug. 4.
On Aug. 4, teachers, parents and students from St. Alphonsus School harvested seven medium-sized bags of a variety of vegetables and herbs from its new community garden and donated the produce to the Ballard Food Bank.
The volunteers at the food bank were appreciative and thanked the students for their hard work and for their donation.
A second harvest is planned for mid-September when class is back in session at the school, located at 5816 15th Ave. N.W.
St. Alphonsus' community garden opened with a 60-person ground breaking event in March and the garden is flourishing.
The school garden was the first stop in the Ballard Edible Garden Tour that took place in June.
