ROCKY MOUNT, Va. (WDBJ) – At Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Rocky Mount, Jennifer Hatch’s seventh-grade math students have worked hard this year caring for their outdoor garden.
The idea for the garden started two years ago. Ms. Hatch had just received two awards for her work implementing a hydroponics garden in her classroom and she wasn’t stopping there. The Farm Bureau Women’s Committee for Franklin County wanted to help.
“[Ms. Hatch] said, I want a school garden. She figured out where we could have it at school and got permission, and we started getting donations and it just blew up,” said Monica Bowman, member of the Franklin County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee…