El Morro Water Heroes

Here's what the Garden Club was up to this week...

In the Garden:

• The Garden Club students helped revive the Native Plant garden at the front of the school by adding additional native and water-wise plants.
• The students each received a Garden Journal to use as they desire. Suggestions were to draw what they see in the garden and/or write about what it looks like.
• We laid down weed barrier and cardboard in between the garden boxes to kill the crabgrass.
• Filled the bird feeders, painted the bird bath.

Activity Time:

• The students painted garden signs to identify the native plants we added to the garden.
• We had a guest speaker from the Laguna Beach County Water District attend Garden Club and give kids tips about how to conserve water.
• The students painted a rain barrel that will be kept on campus to catch some of that free water from the sky!

Thank you to our sponsors for their kind donations:

• Cardboard donated by Lighthouse Solar
• Weed Barrier cloth donated by Transition Laguna Beach
• Rain Barrel and acrylic paint donated by Laguna Beach County Water District 
• Seeds provided by Master Gardeners of Orange County 

Funday Monday in the Garden!

The El Morro Garden had its first Funday Monday and it was a huge success. We had about 80 students from all grades participate in our garden projects. We pulled weeds, raked leaves, water plants, and picked up trash in the garden. The students also painted a beautiful mural of the garden that is now adorning the garden fence. It was a fun day for all who participated.

Thanks to the PTA for providing paint and brushes for the event! We will continue to have Funday Monday in the garden on the 4th Monday of each month. All students are welcome to participate. We also invite parents to attend. Thanks for helping our garden grow!

Session Two: We're Growing!

Session Two in the El Morro After School Garden Club has begun. We kicked it off with making nametag buttons and teaching the kids the rules of the garden.

We also lifted the cloth covering our garden beds to reveal our growing produce!!! We are successfully growing several types of lettuce, and broccoli, radishes, swiss chard, peas, bok choy and more! The kids were so exciting to see what's growing in our garden.

Next class will focus on planting a water-wise garden and painting a rain barrel donated by the Laguna Beach Water District.