The Hempstead County Master Gardeners hosted a Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee on the Hope Academy of Public Service campus to celebrate the completion of the final structure in the Denny’s Place Outdoor Science Garden on the campus. HAPS Principal Dr. Carol Ann Duke thanked the Master Gardeners for their help in bringing about the vision of the innovative education space commemorating former school board member and HAPS patron Denver “Denny” Dickinson. Dr. Duke thanked Michael Winarta, general manager of New Millennium Building Systems, of Hope, for the donation of materials and labor to construct the seating cover for the science garden which completes the permanent structures for the space. – Ken McLemore/Hope Public Schools
