A Harvest Feast!

We had quite the feast in the El Morro school garden yesterday with about 120 students, six teachers and two volunteers. The students picked an abundance of cabbages, bok choy, mint, lettuces, rosemary, and broccoli to make a humongous salad. We topped it off with lemon juice picked from our lemon tree. It was a bit of chaos mixed with a whole lot of fun. The children picked the produce they grew, washed it, and then ate it!!! We had a long table set up so the kids could have a community-style feast. We look forward to doing it again. Thanks to all the teachers who allowed their students to utilize the school garden:

• Mrs. Grasso
• Mrs. Jamison
• Mrs. LeVan
• Ms. Adams
• Mrs. Hogerbe
• Mrs. Finnerty
• Mrs. Wagner

Garden Harvest Feast!

Join us to celebrate our spring harvest in the school garden! 

Monday, March 12 at 1:30 p.m.

The students will be harvesting what they planted a few months ago and making it into a tasty salad to be enjoyed by all. During the feast, we will examine which plants grew better than others and why, as well as encourage  students to try foods that they've grown that are possibly new to them.


Our Classroom Gardeners include students from the following classes:

• Mrs. Grasso
• Mrs. Jamison
• Mrs. Wagner
• Mrs. Finnerty
• Ms. Adams
• Mrs. Hogrebe
• Mrs. LeVan

Feel free to forward this to room moms if you'd like parents to also attend. Just make sure everyone signs in at the office first.

Penny the Hen Visits the Garden

This week, we had visitors in the garden...two hens! Our Master Gardener volunteer Fran brought the hens and answered students questions. She told the story of The Little Red Hen and we talked about cooperation and helping others. The kids loved watching as the hens pecked and scratched in the soil.


Activity: We used freshly picked flowers to dye a table cloth by pounding them (carefully) against the cloth.

In the Garden, we planted lots of sugar snap peas for spring!

Can You Guess?

A little rain didn't stop us from enjoying ourselves at Garden Club! Although we sat indoors, the students learned about the parts of the plant by trying to guess what was in unmarked bags. They had fun reaching in and feeling what was in the bag (without peeking, well, sort of!). They had to write their guesses down and then we revealed what was in each bag. If they guessed right, they took home what was in the bag...tomatoes, strawberries, orange, sunflower, sunflower seeds, onion, lettuce.

Welcome Mrs. Wagner's Class

Mrs. Wagner's class visited the garden recently and the students planted radishes, carrots, marigolds and a variety of lettuce to enjoy for our upcoming spring harvest feast! 

Mrs. Grasso's Garden

Mrs. Grasso's class returned to the garden to plant some additional produce (thanks to the bunnies getting to the seedlings before they had a chance to grow!). The students planted radishes, carrots, marigolds and a variety of lettuce. Hopefully our makeshift fencing will keep the rabbits out so that we can enjoy the veggies for our upcoming garden feast!

Valentine's Day in the Garden

The kids had a great time celebrating Valentine's Day in the school garden. We dipped strawberries in chocolate and learned about why fruits and vegetables keep our heart healthy. We also attempted to make bookmarks using fresh picked flowers.

In the garden, we planted bulbs to bloom in the spring!