Garden Update #1

Talia's tree video came in third place in the Trees Rock competition.  Her hard work will provide us with $4000 for our school garden!  After seeing the article about her in the newspaper, Salt Creek Butterfly Farm has contacted us to donate butterfly seeds to our garden project!   Laurie, the owner, will give us caterpillars and a monarch butterfly to tag!

We have also received a Whole Kids Gardening grant (sponsored by Whole Foods) for $2000.

The garden will be located outside the 3rd/4th grade wing on Laurel Ave.

Our students have learned a lot so far.  We planted milkweed and butterfly plants where the old sign used to be on Plainfield Rd.  The students have researched school gardens and found some great ideas.  They have drawn their Perfect Garden and made a list of vegetables, herbs and flowers that they would like to see in our gardens.  They found garden quotes that they illustrated, and made posters for our Whole Foods Day and hung them up throughout the school.  Right now, they are researching seed varieties and learning terms like Days to Maturity, direct sow, hardy annual and tender perennial.  They are also making presentations about things like raised beds, companion planting, garden zones, and types of gardens.