Students of the George L. Cooke Elementary School have been waiting for warmer weather to gear up the garden for planting. The Student Council from the after-school program joined forces with the Garden Club to help first grade teacher Dennis Lankau get the garden ready for the planting season.
![A young girl in a bright blue shirt uses a garden hoe, a boy with garden gloves on hsas his hands in the garden box dirt while another girl stands next to them with her gloves on smiling.](https://www.monticelloschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Kids-working-in-the-garden-1024x683.jpg)
Some students raked up the leaves, while others picked up the sticks around the garden. The students even cleaned out some of the garden beds too.
![Two young elementary school age boys help out their teacher at a vegatable garden box.](https://www.monticelloschools.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Getting-the-garden-ready-1024x683.jpg)
The students will plant tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, carrots, herbs and many other vegetables and fruits for our farm-to-table items in our Cooke Café.