City donates to school greenhouse

Young gardeners at Sisters Elementary School got a little help from the City of Sisters last week.

The city council voted unanimously to give the school’s Garden Club a $1,200 donation to cover the cost of building permit fees for a new greenhouse. The council didn’t want to waive the fees as garden club advisors had originally requested because that could set a problematic policy precedent.

But they did want to help out, so the councilors dipped into their budget line item designated for community grants.

Central Oregon Pole Structures has volunteered to build the club a greenhouse valued at some $25,000.