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Jake Sportsman Memorial Garden at John S. Park Elementary

The Jake Sportsman Memorial Garden project honors Jacob Sportsman, a 22 year-old Las Vegan who died while serving in the US Navy.  The Las Vegas group, Green Jelly, joined with Jacob’s family to build a memorial garden.  Since Jacob was interested in eating healthy and taking care of mind and body, a creating a vegetable garden at a local elementary school seemed like a perfect fit for the project. Landscape Architects Caryl Davies (NVASLA President) and NVASLA member Anna Peltier (Aria Landscape Architecture) worked with the school, students and Jacob’s family and friends to help design and construct the garden in a way that represented Jacob’s life and beliefs.  The garden included raised planting beds for fruits and vegetables, a labyrinth made of perennial herbs, a sensory garden, and an outdoor study area.  

Links to some of the news stories about the garden: DTLV Diary , Vegas Seven , Downtown Project .  See photos of the early construction phases below:

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