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!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Northern Guilford Middle's gardening club

Northern Guilford Middle's gardening club is growing seedlings to share with Jefferson Elementary gardening students. Service Learning is a big component of their gardening plans. Students are beginning to grow plants to sell to parents to fund gardening projects.


School Garden Network Coordinator Cynthia Nielsen (far left) and Science teacher Fran Lusk (3rd from right) met with students to leran about garden design options.



They are also getting ready to build ten raised beds near their greenhouse. The students are designing the garden which will go on this plot of land, as part of their club activities, 








Vice Principal Brian Lee and 7th grade science teacher Fran Lusk are heading up the Garden committee at NGM and are 
planning their build day Feb. 7th.




Thursday, January 8, 2015

Fairview Elementary Sweet Potato pie project!


Fun service learning project culmination!  Third graders planted the sweet  potatoes in the spring, harvested them in the fall and cured them. Next they spent a month planning and completing this project:






 Making and baking sweet potato pies for the Open Door Ministry's soup kitchen!





Service Learning at its Best!!!