Welcome to Guilford County Cooperative Extension School Garden Network team blog! We hope this can be a space for everyone involved in school gardening in Guilford County to share their experiences. Lets let each other know about what works, and troubleshoot what doesn't!

Friday, August 22, 2014

Open House kickoff highlights School Garden support
at Irving Park Elementary



 As with many of our schools with gardens, parent volunteers play a key role in supporting teachers in their use of these outdoor learning centers. Heather Fullagar, Dana Davis, and Kevin Reddy are just a few of the many parents atIrving Park Elementary (IPE) volunteering to support the garden.



Every teacher has a garden bed with signage. Parents and teachers signed up 
to care for the garden for a week at a time over the summer.



As a result, we saw beans, okra, sweet potato, tomatoes, strawberry, 
peppers, cantaloupe, watermelon and pumpkin!






Students and teachers are excited to come back to these yummy fruits and veggies! Teachers are already talking about what they want to grow in their

garden beds this fall. 



GCCE School Garden Network will hold gardening

workshops at IPE in October for interested teachers and parents.
 Let us know if you would like to participate!

No comments:

Post a Comment