Students at city school grow green fingers and plenty of veg

The song says ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves’ but students at a suburban school have been showing that brothers can grow vegetables for just about anyone.

The project at Coláiste an Chríost Rí in Cork has seen dozens of transition-year students develop and keep an organic garden in the school grounds. But with the last of the infrastructure only recently in place, this summer promises to bear the most fruit yet.

The latest team of boys recently finished planting 24 apple trees and various berry bushes to add to their soon-to-sprout crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuces, and others.