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.

Murphey Traditional Open House, 

Open School Garden!

The PTA President and Linda Gordon, School Social Worker pose with the school garden display. There is a lot of excitement on campus about the new school garden.

Here is the garden planning diagram the gardening committee drew up before beginning to dig.

Here is one of the many students who have signed up for the school gardening club.

Eagle scouts built the four 4'x16' garden beds and raised enough money for the school garden to move to phase two which will include benches.

Master Gardener Mentor Mike Hughes has begun working with the Murphy Elementary staff on their Fall garden. We will keep you posted on what they plant and how the teachers us the garden.

Second graders and teacher Ms. Victoria Bartell  are already busy planting transplants into the school garden!

OPEN HOUSES AND OPEN SCHOOL GARDENS!

Many schools celebrated their new school gardens at Open Houses days before school began.

Irving Park Elementary

Thursday evening Aug. 22nd this school showcased its newly forming International Community Garden. The structures were made by Eagle Scouts.

The school's garden support team includes their Principal Ms. Mckee, a core group of parent volunteers  and many of the school's teachers. Teachers and parent volunteers attended School Garden Network's garden based learning Workshop at the Edible Schoolyard last spring.

Heather Fullagar and her son Keegan; Heather is one of many parent advocates for the new school garden. The big Open Garden date is October 1st! 

SCHOOL GARDEN NETWORK AND THE GIVING SEED AT CITY MARKET!

Kelly Misiak of The Giving Seed nonprofit put the children through their paces in an environmental animal movement challenge course! 

Many of the adults decided it looked fun and joined in!

Cynthia Nielsen talked school gardens and gave away seeds to interested families. 

We look forward to the next City Market, 3rd Thursday of every month through October! Downtown off Elm St.

Lindley Elementary Farmer's Market

Lindley Elementary Farmer's Market this morning was delightful! There was not only a selection of garden fresh veggies and herbs but also locally made crafts for sale made by parents and other community members.

Lindley's garden looks great in spite of all the rain! Let us hear about your summer garden experiences...

Lindley will hold their next market the first Saturday of September, 9am to 1pm.Sept. 8th 9am-1pm.

We hope to see you there!