Monroe-Woodbury High School’s community garden is getting a colorful, vibrant makeover thanks to a collaboration between the MWHS Interact Club, Environmental Justice Club, National Art Honor Society, Art Guild, and Social Justice Book Club!
Through this collaborative service-learning project, students are working together to refurbish and reimagine the community garden as a vibrant space for growing, creating, and connecting. On September 29, 2026, students constructed 10 raised garden boxes, a composting station, and a garden shed, transforming practical structures into colorful works of student-created art, and in two weeks, we will have a second collaboration, this time with the Social Justice Book Club to paint bricks to look like our students’ favorite books.
This project is about more than building boxes and painting boards. It is an opportunity for students to explore what happens when service, environmental responsibility, and creativity come together. Members of the Environmental Justice Club are helping students consider sustainability and responsible stewardship of our shared environment, while members of the National Art Honor Society, Art Guild, and Social Justice Book Club are using their artistic talents to transform the garden structures into welcoming and inspiring pieces of public art.
The Interact Club, guided by the Rotary motto “Service Above Self,” is helping lead the project as an example of what can happen when students from different organizations work toward a common purpose and how planting the seeds of environmental stewardship will create a growth on consciousness intersecting through various groups of students.
Keep an eye out for before-and-after photos and video updates this spring, along with details on our upcoming grand opening garden party!
