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This past Monday on Martin Luther King Day, I had the opportunity to go help Good Hope Farm plant shrubs at a local park located near the farm. We were told to dig 6 inch holes around the flags marked on the ground, put the designated plants assigned to each flag color in the hole, and lastly add compose to the outer layer of the plant. The architect who assigned different jobs, told us volunteers the shrubs were being planted so when the grass was cut it wouldn't be cut to low removing away all the nutrients. Many of the shrubs we planted, were located near a water source which made the soil softer even though temperatures that night were below freezing. With the some of the soil being frozen, we had to loosen the soil using a pickaxe to break the soil. This relates to environmental science because properly preparing the soil helps the roots branch out and obtain more nutrients. As well planting plants near a steady water source, allows the plants to constantly obtain water.