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Mancos School District
Long, long ago a young AmeriCorps member serving at the Mancos Conservation District had an idea...
And the Montezuma School to Farm Project was born! Our first garden was at the Mancos Early Learning Center and soon a garden was built on the main campus. Classes began and the rest is history...
And the story continues, as we grew our relationship with students, teachers and families in Mancos, the garden and learning blossomed.
in 2020, the original garden (photographed to the left) was built upon and we were given a new area for a new garden. Despite it being the year of COVID, our current garden manager and an unstoppable team of AmeriCorps made a new garden.
1.
1: Old compacted dirt lot
Not ideal for growing food, but we could not be stopped!
4.
4. After one season of cover crop, some of the garden was planted, some stayed covered for another season and the garden began to look like a garden...
2. The most important part of any garden: SOIL
We bought in top soil, planted cover crop and the long process of growing soil began...
2.
3.
3. Beds were built and filled, the pavilion was erected and we waited...
5.
5. The high school shop class built us a shed, the summer kids painted the fence and in 2022 the garden produced its first full harvest!
A garden is never complete...
The garden continues to change every season and every year. The soil changes, the people change, the weather changes, the plants change, the insects change, the learning changes. This is what keeps us passionate and dedicated to our mission.
The Mancos Garden Over a Year
April 2025
June 2025
End of June 2025
End of June 2025
July 2025
Early August 2025
Late August 2025
September 2025
October 2025
Mancos School District
Long, long ago a young AmeriCorps member serving at the Mancos Conservation District had an idea...
And the Montezuma School to Farm Project was born! Our first garden was at the Mancos Early Learning Center and soon a garden was built on the main campus. Classes began and the rest is history...
And the story continues, as we grew our relationship with students, teachers and families in Mancos, the garden and learning blossomed.
in 2020, the original garden (photographed to the left) was built upon and we were given a new area for a new garden. Despite it being the year of COVID, our current garden manager and an unstoppable team of AmeriCorps made a new garden.
1.
1: Old compacted dirt lot
Not ideal for growing food, but we could not be stopped!
4.
4. After one season of cover crop, some of the garden was planted, some stayed covered for another season and the garden began to look like a garden...
2. The most important part of any garden: SOIL
We bought in top soil, planted cover crop and the long process of growing soil began...
2.
3.
3. Beds were built and filled, the pavilion was erected and we waited...
5.
5. The high school shop class built us a shed, the summer kids painted the fence and in 2022 the garden produced its first full harvest!
A garden is never complete...
The garden continues to change every season and every year. The soil changes, the people change, the weather changes, the plants change, the insects change, the learning changes. This is what keeps us passionate and dedicated to our mission.
The Mancos Garden Over a Year
April 2025
June 2025
End of June 2025
End of June 2025
July 2025
Early August 2025
Late August 2025
September 2025
October 2025
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