Pleasant Garden Elementary shares its plans for a 5th grade Colonial Garden!

5th grade teacher Amy Pegram shares this garden update:

Fifth grade students and teachers at Pleasant Garden Elementary School are stepping back in time by creating and tending a colonial herb garden on the school grounds. They launched the garden project last year as a service learning opportunity in order to give back to the community, making herbs available to those who may want or need them. 

The garden is a raised bed area with a variety of herbs that would have been used in colonial cooking and medicines.

 Students are excited to work in the garden and plan to enjoy the fruits of their labor by preparing some recipes that will include their homegrown herbs. The teachers envision and look forward to a very tasty future for their herb garden.   

Lindley Elementary: September Farmers Market

Lindley’s monthly Farmers Market has become a welcome tradition in the Lindley Park neighborhood.

This Saturday’s offerings included yummy cherry tomatoes, peppers, basil and a fabulous crop of ZINNIAS and MARIGOLD!

A wide selection of crafts were available from community members: pottery, jewelry, handmade clothing and bags and some lovely art for children and adults. Lots of tasty baked goods rounded out the selections.  This is a great fundraiser for Lindley’s garden. One of my favorite things to do is check in on the school garden on these Saturday mornings.

Okra thrives above and a new planting of broccoli below, peppers still holding on.

Herbs like rosemary thrived in the summer heat. This perennial herb should thrive for years!

Can’t wait to see what the next market will bring!

Cone Elementary showcases school garden at Open House 

Friday evening, August 23^rd  GO COUGERS!

                  

This is the last of the summer garden which was shared with some 

members of the community near the school and draws the interest of 

students returning to school this fall.

A number of teachers at Cone Elementary took our Garden-based 

learning Workshops in the spring. Master Gardener mentors are also 

working with the gardening committee. The Junior League is getting 

involved the Cone’s gardening initiative this school year.