Murray students present rain garden proposal

On Nov. 19, 20 students from the Environmental Inquiry Immersion class at Murray Middle School presented their proposal for a rain garden on the school property. Students analyzed water collection, soil types, percolation test data, and took account of curb appeal, as well as type of plants that would be native to the area and beneficial to desirable insects and birds. District consultants and St. Paul Public Schools facilities staff are very interested in working with the students and the neighborhood Transition Town Team to bring more sustainable and environmentally friendly landscape projects to Murray. Timothy Chase, science instructor at Murray, hopes to follow up with all represented groups on the panel to discuss grant writing and ways to work with an already proposed resurfacing of the parking lot project, tentatively scheduled for summer 2015.