Chief T'Selehye School is located in Fort Good Hope, a fly-in majority Dene community in the Northwest Territories. Many of our families struggle to afford healthy, fresh foods. Our school had some hydroponic garden towers that weren't being used, and we saw the opportunity to grow fresh healthy food and flowers in school and teach students about gardening, cooking and maybe even agro-business. We applied for a grant for some essentials, and requested a donation of seeds from West Coast Seeds. The rest is history!
There are 117 students in our school, and about 500 community members.
We hope to allow students and community members to see the potential for growing flowers, herbs and vegetables indoors during our long, dark winters.
Everyone who sees the plants growing in our high school wing comment on how beautiful and refreshing it is to see our garden.
