Surrey Couple Doing Their Part to Improve BC Classrooms

As is the case with most parents in BC, Jennifer and Karl Pratt are looking forward to the return of packing their kids’ lunch bags and helping out with homework come the end of the teacher strike. With a tentative agreement between the B.C. Teachers' Federation and the B.C. Public School Employers' Association, it’s looking like that may be happening as early as next week. However, for this local couple, there is an extra element of enthusiasm for the return to the classrooms.

The two are in the midst of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign where they are able to expose their simple yet innovative product for gardening, and while doing so, are also donating units to local elementary schools in hopes of helping educate children to all the benefits of gardening. Their garden tool, the Seeding Square, completely simplifies for kids the process of planting a garden by using a “plant by colour and number” approach. Besides making gardening fun, in getting kids involved in gardening it gives them more appreciation for their vegetables! It is proven that a healthy individual will be much more positive in virtually all aspects of life, and with Seeding Square promoting ongoing healthy eating habits and gardening being a great source of physical activity, Jennifer and Karl are very excited to bring their tool to our schools.

Their campaign has been running since Aug.31, but with the teacher strike they didn’t feel the timing was right to announce their goal of donating a Seeding Square to every elementary school in Vancouver’s Lower Mainland. In donating one square for every 5 Squares sold, they have already successfully raised enough to donate 29 units, but with well over 100 more schools to go they are hoping local support will get them to their goal. To visit their Indiegogo campaign and learn more about Seeding Square go to www.indiegogo.com/projects/seeding-square--2