Crest Learning Center to Hold Plant Sale Saturday

Crest Learning Center's Horticulture class will hold its annual plant sale on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Students are using organic practices and growing a variety of vegetables, flowers and herbs from seed, according to Horticulture teacher Lois Sargent: 

Crest Greenhouses now represent a “go green in 2013” partnership between a high school science class and their community.  Crest is not dumping pesticides on your veggies, in fact Crest is using all organic practices. Students grow dozens of varieties of vegetables, flowers and herbs from seed.  Crest Horticulture is an MIHS career science class, they use only sustainable practices, re-use and reduce waste, and provide a bargain in bedding plants.

Crest is one of few nurseries addressing the issue of re-use with greenhouse plastics and the sustainability of retail nurseries, a growing industry in the Northwest. This year we added sterilization of our soil and compost with a huge oven purchased with grant money from the Mercer Island Schools Foundation and installed by the District Maintenance Dept.

The sale will be held during the alternative school's annual CRESTFEST open house, Sargent writes. Crest holds their annual CRESTFEST open house and community plant sale featuring the 2013 crop on May 4 at 4150 86th Ave SE. If you can't make it to the sale, plants will be sold at Crest during limited hours until June 10, Sargent writes.