GARDEN FEATURES

This is not an ordinary community garden, Scappoose Sprouts Learning Garden has been designed with unique features that will delight and inspire guests of every age and ability:

• Concrete peace circle with compass to greet visitors
• Blooming orchard that will produce fruits, with flowers and bulbs beneath
• Raised garden beds with benches for each grade (K-3) to experience growing their first farm foods, with surplus given to families in need
• Composting station encouraging little learners to explore the soil and planting
• Outdoor musical instruments throughout to enjoy sounds in nature
• Weather station for guests to monitor rainfall and weather impacts
• Bird houses and feeders throughout to support the habitat of native and migrating feathered friends
• Sensory paths filled with shrubs and flowers that support butterflies and honeybee colonies
• Outdoor laboratory to investigate the garden in detail
• Totem pole honoring the native Chinook tribes