Mustang students add colorful rocks to 'Kindness Garden'

The Riverwood Rocks Kindness Garden debuted this school year as the result of a Riverwood Elementary School teacher's idea, a donation of 1,200 pounds of rock and a little artistic help from about 700 students and their families. 

“[The idea for the garden] is something I had been thinking about for a while,” said Amanda Haney, a pre-K teacher at Riverwood Elementary, “and I finally just pitched it to [my principal] Mrs. Hill.”

After Haney was able to obtain administrative approval, she approached Minick Materials about donating rocks for the project.

“It really became a community project at that point,” Haney said. “Minick donated the rocks, our Parent-Teacher-Student-Organization donated funds to cover the already discounted delivery fee for Minick, and then our cafeteria manager’s family landscaping business, Pruett Brothers Lawn & Landscape, offered to 'adopt the flowerbed' to revamp and maintain the area throughout the year.”

Students were encouraged to pick out and decorate a rock with their family and return it to the garden for all to see.