Last Day of Session One: All about Oranges

Today was the last day of Garden Club Session One for this school year. The kids were full of energy and eager to get their hands dirty.

In the Garden:
We harvested radishes that we grew from seeds planted just a few weeks ago.

Activity:
We made orange pomanders...a fun holiday decoration to make your home smell sweet and spicy. We attempted to make fruit-stamped gift bags, but unfortunately all we have is acrylic paint (sorry!). If anyone is interested in donating Tempura paint, let me know.

Next session we will be making aprons to attempt to keep the kids a bit cleaner while working in the garden!

Enjoy the holiday break,
The Garden Gals

Welcome Mrs. LeVan and Mrs. Hogrebe's Classes

We are lucky enough to have two more classes join our school garden. Mrs. LeVan's class planted purple cabbage and Mrs. Hogrebe's class planted Chinese cabbage -- after pulling oodles of wild mint from the garden boxes! They will be monitoring the progress of their plants as they grow larger. Mrs. Hogrebe is going to have her class sketch the growth of the plants.

Worm Hotel

In the Garden:
We welcomed worms into our garden. We now have a worm composting bin to make our our organic fertilizer for our garden. The kids loved seeing the worms wriggling!

Activity:
The students planted radish and calendula seeds in adorable tin flower pots that they were able to take home. Be sure to give them sunshine and water and watch them grow. The kids also finished writing in their garden journals so they could keep them.

Mrs. Jamison's Lettuce

Recently, Mrs. Jamison's Third Grade class visited the garden and started working on their plot. They will be sharing a garden box with Mrs. Grass's class. The students planted Bibb lettuce and look forward to watching it grow!