Lindley Elementary Garden Workday today!

Saturday was a cold but beautifully clear blue sky day. Lindley Elementary parents, students, and teachers came out to make short work of the garden work so necessary to the success of a spring garden. 

One more reminder of the plant and nature cycles. Lessons these students learn first hand! 

Lindley is one of the oldest, most successful school gardens in Guilford County. We treasure it!

Planting Day at Brooks Global Studies!

The entire school got to participate at Brooks Global Studies

 planting day on Wednesday!

The sunshine felt so good after the cold snowy winter days!

We used flour to mark our rows to put our seeds. We planted spinach, kale, radish, lettuce and carrot for our early spring garden. We will add marigolds to protect our plants from insects.

We also prepared trays of seeds for our Service learning projects.

We planted peas, beans, radish, spinach, kale and lettuce to share with our sister Schools: Cone, Jones, Foust, Gillespie, and Hampton which also have school gardens.

We will share stories about how the plants grow in our gardens this spring!

We can’t wait to see all the seeds grow into yummy plants!

Installing low hoop season extenders at Brooks Global Studies!

Brooks Global Sustainability garden just got the structures for season extenders installed last weekend! 

 Every bed can be protected from the freezing temperatures with frost protection fabric.

Clear plastic covers will be applied during the day time when needed to provide a greenhouse effect.

Sandra Lubchenco, AG teacher and Stem Garden Sustainability project leader at Brooks Global and Cynthia Nielsen School Garden Network Coordinator smile after completing the installation.

Thanks to our helpers/ husbands Bill and Nick!