BY JOHN CRAEMER
CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
GREEN BAY – On Friday, April 25, first- and second-grade students from Aldo Leopold Community School joined Brown County Parks in planting elderberry shrubs at the Fox River Trailhead as the beginning of phase two of the Fox River Trailhead Food Forest.
“Our objective was to start a food forest so that anyone looking for a piece of fresh fruit or some shade would be able to find what they were looking for,” said 2020 Golden Apple Award recipient, Nathaniel Dorff.
The project started last year when Dorff and his third- and fourth-grade students from Aldo Leopold planted fruit trees at the Fox River Trailhead in Green Bay.
“This year, I am taking my first- and second-grade students on Arbor Day to add more berry-producing species,” he said. This project was financially supported by two neighborhoods — Astor and Astor East River — as well as Green Bay Bird Club.
“We are learning that we can make a lasting difference in our environment and our community, as long as we are willing to put some thought and effort into it. We are also learning about the value of teamwork in doing big projects. Further, my students study living things and their needs, so this ties into our science curriculum,” Dorff added.