Thanks to Jennifer Whyte and the TMA Produce Sales team, Kindergarten classes got to experience tasty treats for the first time, during Thursday’s S.K.I.P. after-school program. It didn’t take long for students to learn that enthusiasm, excellence and extra effort during monthly garden visits earned Greenbucks, which they could use…
(written by students in Ms. Bleskey’s 3rd grade class) Throughout the school year we had a very fun time in the garden. We got to explore the wonderful things in the garden. One of the stations we experienced was planting; this year our class got to plant peas and carrots.…
Have you ever had a garden? My School T.M.A. does. The garden not only teaches you about math and science it also teaches you how to take care of a garden. So once a month on a Tuesday my class goes to the garden and we harvest, plant, and water…
During recent visits to the garden, Mrs. Hayden’s kindergartners volunteered to present fun garden facts to their fellow classmates, in order to introduce them to the garden ambassador or “tour guide” program here at TMA. As a fun way to reinforce the facts they had heard from their fellow classmates,…
Tended by classes of all grades, the school garden has flourished and developed from the very beginning, when it was just it was just a mound of dirt and weeds, ready for fertilization to grow vegetables, fruits, flowers, all of different varieties. Soon as helping hands including the upper and…
We’ve received an award, through Western Growers Foundation, called the Sustainable Garden Grant. The purpose of this funding is to educate California and Arizona youth about where their food comes from and the importance of good nutrition through growing one’s own fruits and vegetables. This $500 donation will allow us…
We’ve received an award from the California Native Plant Society’s Orange County Chapter known as The Acorn Grant. The purpose of this funding is to engage Orange County youth to understand Southern California’s rich plant diversity and its ecological function as a habitat for locally native species (i.e. bees, butterflies,…
Have you ever seen the T.M.A garden? Well if you have or haven’t I am going to tell you a little bit about the garden. The garden is a marvelous place to be. One place in the garden that is beautiful is the butterfly garden. In the butterfly garden you…
As you all know, here at TMA we have a lovely garden. Here, in these few paragraphs I will be telling you all about it. First of all, we have a very unique touch and feel garden, it is in a corner at the edge of our garden, one particular…
#1 caterpillar eggs on Milkweed leaf Monarch egg closeup #2 caterpillar emerges from egg/burrow #3 adult caterpillar eating #4 caterpillar hangs in J shape just before turning to Chrysalis #5 jewel like chrysalis you might see on wood posts or anywhere in the garden #6 butterfly emerging – as a…