Sustainability and Sunflowers

This week at NOLS Rocky Mountain the construction and implementation of a rainwater catchment system and two garden beds has begun. Our experimental garden will sprout multicolored sunflowers as well as provide nutritious organic leaf lettuce, sprouts and cabbage for The Noble kitchen. The rainwater catchment system will provide NOLS with an alternate water supply, a reduction in energy costs and most importantly an efficient way to water and nourish our new leafy friends.

The new arrangement to harvest H20 was possible thanks to the NOLS RM Facilities Manager, Latane Frank. His uncanny ability to create new purposes for old materials allowed us to reuse wood, barrels, downspouts, and gutters making it truly sustainable and FREE! His wife Emily was generous enough to offer a hand with the actual planting process; she was also very charitable providing the new gardens with over 85% of its plants.

Check back soon to see our produce in full bloom and the final installation of the rainwater collection barrels.