Text from our Dec 2014 Member Newsletter:
Grymes School is partnering with Chesapeake Natural Heritage, Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and PEC to design and secure public and private funding for a native meadow planting, approximately 13 acres in size, located on the edge of the Town of Orange.
Developing the native meadow and integrating related outdoor learning opportunities into the curriculum have been a long held goal for Grymes. The design entails planting part of a 9-acre parcel of land PEC transferred to Grymes in 2013. The design also calls for installing bluebird boxes and creating a hedge row with native trees and shrubs. Grymes and its partners anticipate implementing the native meadow project in late 2015 and early 2016.