Students and sponsors in Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H Club pose for a picture in front of the school’s new on-campus garden, which was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program. Pictured, bottom row from left, are Amber Reid, Mallory Prestridge (vice president), Cassidy Newman, Leyla Shaidaee (president), Savannah Gordon, and Katie Taylor; middle row from left, are Aimee Martin (sponsor), Ashlyn Daigle, Kenzie Brouillette (reporter), Kendyl Carpenter (treasurer), Breanna Pearce, Kylee Seals (secretary), Caleb Baxter, Kyra Wilson, Dawson Nugent, and Candace Shaidaee (sponsor); back row from left, are Christopher Gregory, C'Mya Mitchell, Tynes Guidey, Caleb Long, Ry'lee Cannon, and Natalie Johnson.
Leyla Shaidaee, president of Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H Club, buries a plant in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Live Oak Elementary is one of 70 schools this year to secure a “Greauxing Gardens” grant from the LSU AgCenter. The grant pays for schools to install three raised garden beds and gives them the supplies to plant a variety of crops.
Orange bell pepper is one variety of vegetable that Live Oak Elementary will have in its new on-campus garden.
4-H Club Vice President Mallory Prestridge, left, and club sponsor Candace Shaidaee place a potted vegetable in a new garden bed.
Kylee Seals, secretary for Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H Club, buries a plant in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Live Oak Elementary 4-H students work together to plant a cage into a new garden that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Kendyl Carpenter, treasurer for for Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H Club, spreads dirt around a plant in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Live Oak Elementary 4-H students work together to place an eggplant in a new garden that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Live Oak Elementary 4-H students work side-by-side in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Kenzie Brouillette, reporter for Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H Club, examines a leaf while working in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
A Live Oak Elementary 4-H student gets ready to spread soil over a seed she placed in a new on-campus garden bed.
Students work side-by-side in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
Students and sponsors in Live Oak Elementary’s 4-H and Beta clubs pose for a picture in front of the school’s new on-campus garden, which was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
4-H students Amber Reid, left, and Peyton Anderson work together in a new garden bed that was funded through the LSU AgCenter’s “Greauxing Gardens” program.
A 4-H student uses a shovel to bury a young eggplant.
Pictured is a sign that informs people what type of plants are being grown in Live Oak Elementary's new vegetable garden. Behind the sign is a fence that was donated by John Blount of Blount General Contractors.
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