Carnes Garden is right across the street from Carnes Elementary School which is located at the southeast corner of J W Williams Avenue and Ayers Street just north of the medical center. We call this garden a teaching garden because of the connection to the environmental science curriculum at Carnes Elementary School. We have already put in many plants that are native to this area and flowering plants that are attractive to butterflies, bees and other pollinators. Carnes Garden will be a varied and balanced environment where lessons about science in the classrooms and textbooks can come alive for the students at Carnes Elementary. It will be a beautiful place too where students, teachers, parents, neighbors and volunteers will enjoy being together
We started Carnes Garden with funds from a successful project through ioby “in our back yards.” It is only happening because of the generosity of our many donors. Much of our success is because of support from St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Also, support from ProLogis corporation is helping us fulfill our vision for Carnes Garden. Clean Memphis continues to be a great help with volunteers, tools, gloves and water. The children of Carnes Elementary helps us put in good soil, plants and water to help them grow. The enthusiasm they show when they come to help us reminds us of why Carnes Garden is such an important place. Principal, Renetta Sanders and science teacher, Mark Owens can only be described as awesome. The purpose of this page is to tie together the donors, volunteers, school supporters and everyone else involved with Carnes Garden. Here we can share our images from past and future events and out ideas for the future.
