Green 'soles': Enviro Camp teaches ways to repurpose

The theme of the week for the summer camp is "Reclaim it!."

By Jarleene Almenas
| 4:40 p.m. June 29, 2021

Ormond Beach Garden Club member Rebecca Caschette helps Gabby, Paige and Manon with their planting. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Ormond Beach Garden Club member Sharon Mihalyak aids Logan and Cristian with their gardening activity. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Ormond Beach Garden Club member Zetta Gillespie helps Joey place his plant inside a black boot. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Ormond Beach Garden Club member Zetta Gillespie helps Logan with his planter. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Gabby holds up her aluminum foil planter. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Ormond Beach Garden Club member Rebecca Caschette lends a helping hand to Paige as she transplants her plant. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Logan is proud of his new planter. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

Joey works on decorating his shoe planter. Photo by Jarleene Almenas

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Repurposing with purpose.

On Tuesday, June 29, campers with the city's Enviro Camp learned about a new way to reuse shoes and aluminum foil: by turning them into planters. From sneakers to boots — and a few sparkling decorations — the campers were aided by members of the Ormond Beach Garden Club to complete their creations at the Environmental Discovery Center.

The activity was part of the summer camp's "Reclaim it!" themed-week, concluding the camp's first session. The second session will start July 12.