Reed Intermediate School students gathered at the Victory Garden in Fairfield Hills on Friday, June 12, to work as a group on two rows in the garden.

Both Reed and Sandy Hook Elementary School have two rows at the Victory Garden. Sandy Hook's rows are overseen by the school community, and Reed's Rise In Shine group ventures to the garden weekly, weather permitting, to work on its two rows.

Reed teachers Dawn Ford and John Sicbaldi advice the after school group.

According to Victory Garden Site Coordinator and Founder Harvey Pessin, the students worked to plant peppers, tomatoes, and kale on June 12. All of the seedlings, Mr Pessin said, were donated by Shortt's Farm and Garden Center.