By Michael Eng | Managing Editor
Tomlin Middle School students, faculty and parents celebrated the completion of a garden renovation project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 15, on the school campus.
The Campus Beautification Project, a partnership between Tomlin and the Plant City Garden Club, features hundreds of new plants at the front entrance of the school and around the sides. The Garden Club, along with several Tomlin groups — the Green Team, National Junior Honor Society, Future Farmers of America, S.T.E.M. and the Parent Teacher Student Association — got down in the dirt for a planting day Oct. 6, to remove the old plants and install the new.
Plant City Garden Club member Darcy Stottlemyer said she was pleased with the end result — and especially with working with the Tomlin community.
“This was a great project, and it was a joint effort,” she said. “It took a lot of people. The kids are very involved here, and it gives them great ownership of the school. They made it happen.”