Thursday, October 8, 2009
End of the Year - Teddy Bear Picnic
We ended the school year with the Annandale Garden's First Annual Teddy Bear Picnic. The kids were invited to bring their favorite furry stuffed friend and shared healthy snacks in the garden. In celebration of a full school year of gardening, students were issued "Junior Master Gardener" pins.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
New School Year and a Fresh Start
Before and After
At the end of the last school year, June 2009, our garden suffered an invasion of gophers. The little beasts destroyed a number of our flower beds in a remarkably short time and managed to turn our pretty little garden into hole-y mounds of dirt. After a brief battle with smoke bombs and employing streams of water to flood the gophers' homes, I gave up and left the garden to the gophers for the summer break and took the time off from gardening.
This week was my first week back to the garden and aside from the 3 foot tall weeds, was relieved to find that the troublesome critters had abandoned our garden for greener pastures.
The class and kids will be returning to the garden in the next week and we are all eager to begin planting.
At the end of the last school year, June 2009, our garden suffered an invasion of gophers. The little beasts destroyed a number of our flower beds in a remarkably short time and managed to turn our pretty little garden into hole-y mounds of dirt. After a brief battle with smoke bombs and employing streams of water to flood the gophers' homes, I gave up and left the garden to the gophers for the summer break and took the time off from gardening.This week was my first week back to the garden and aside from the 3 foot tall weeds, was relieved to find that the troublesome critters had abandoned our garden for greener pastures.
The class and kids will be returning to the garden in the next week and we are all eager to begin planting.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
wednesday = garden fun day!
Another great day in the garden with the first, kindergarden, and pre-school classes. There are snap peas, beans galore and flax + linnea + sweetpea blooms everywhere. Nothing makes a gardener happier than kids scrambling to eat peas off the vine!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
room 4's jade plant cuttings
Mr. Lee's first grade class brought up their designed pots and started some jade plant cuttings. The kids will bring home the plants after they have rooted, just in time for Mother's Day.
early spring is here
After a number of very wet weeks we were able to finally spend some time up in the garden. Even though the kids missed spending time with the plants, the plants certainly needed the rain and all of our patience was well rewarded with numerous blooms and new growth.
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