Foods teacher Cindy Peters and the Organic Garden Club are currently trying to resolve a disagreement over the garden.

Principal Noreen Likins said that the debate centered on gardening methods. “It was about weed control, particularly around the path,” Likins said. “The club also felt that the newly installed irrigation system wasn’t the best way to go.”

Compromises between the Organic Garden Club and Peters have been made. “We wanted to be able to garden in the Gunn Organic Garden but also wanted to work with [Ms. Peters] about sharing the space,” junior Angela Marcinik said. “So we came up with a plan to share the garden.”

The club is currently in the midst of figuring out the future location of the garden. According to social studies teacher and Organic Garden Club advisor John Fredrich, in accordance to plot plans, the current organic garden will be converted into a car parkway and turnaround within four or five years.

The administration made suggestions concerning the fate of the garden. “Ms. Likins had a wonderful idea about using a large chunk of land that is in the back of school and currently unused as a new garden for the club, and that we could possibly secure that land,” Marcinik said. “It’s about three times as big so we can plant a lot more things in a larger quantity.”

Meanwhile, the Organic Garden Club is working on spring planting once again. The garden currently yields a crop of radishes, beets, peas and other vegetables, and is working on recruiting more club members. “The garden can always use other people,” Marcinik said.