Water, Water, everywhere. I can't collect it.

So, I am making some great headway on my gardening project. My downfall....irrigation. The rainwater that falls on my school's roof is immediately divereted (within the walls of the school) to our city storm sewer system. There are no areas that I can find where I could install a rain barrel. Does anyone out there have any suggestions on how I could collect and save some of the water? I could temporarily intsall some old gutters on my shed and collect the water at home and transfer it, but that is a lot of back and forth. Let me know your thoughts please!

Getting the area figured out

Well, the other day I met with some guys from our building and grounds department in our district. They suggested an area between our parking lot and the fire station. We aren't 100% sure where our property line is so they suggest contacting the mayor and the fire chief. I contacted both of them and seem to be interested in working with me to make this a positive experience for our students. Now to get the students to take some initiative to contact area businesses to get donations of wood, seeds, and plants. Pictures will hopefully be coming soon!

Getting Started

I am a service member with the Marshfield Clinic AmeriCorps. I serve at an elementary school in Wisconsin Rapids. I work with the kids during the school day and help out with the Boys and Girls Club unit right at our school. We provide afterschool programming and also have a program during the summer. A few months ago, I attended a training provided by the UW-Extension called "Got Dirt?" about gardening in school. This sounded like a great idea! I have finally gotten the O.K. from the head of Buidling and Grounds to proceed with the planning of the garden! I am hoping to work with the kids tonight to start getting things in motion. Hopefully they will take it and run with it! I look forward to keeping this updated with the progress we are making and get some pictures going!