Thank you to each and every parent, teacher and child who makes our amazing garden possible. Enjoy reading details about how and why our garden came into existence. OC REGISTER LIFE Nature as teacher BY JULIE BAWDEN-DAVIS / CONTRIBUTING WRITER Published: March 7, 2014 Updated: 8:46 a.m. When Ava Mora…
#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…
Mrs. Aarvig’s second grade class enjoyed a harvest party in the garden! The children harvested their own multi-colored carrots, cleaned and peeled them, and ate the delicious carrots with ranch dressing. These sweet carrots they planted from seed in October, watered, weeded around them, fed with compost “tea” from the…
by Mia Noel Rose E. DiLalla On Thursday, January 30th, my class, Mrs. Toohey’s fourth grade, had their day in the garden. I was assigned to be a maintainer. This is the first time I have been assigned this task. As a maintainer, you have to pull up weeds and…
By Justine Streichenberger Garden Bucks are something that you earn when you are doing good work in the garden. The parents (Garden Masters) or our teachers give them to us when we work hard in the TMA garden. They are worth .50 cents at the Garden Sale on Tuesdays. I…
Come learn things like this and so much more at the GM training workshop tomorrow, 1/14 from 8:15-10:30am. Refreshments and coffee served. Sophie Ngeth showed Mrs. Cohen’s 2nd grade class how to grow green onions indefinitely! She chopped of the green parts of the onion and had the kids plant…
This year students will be able to earn Green Bucks by exhibiting exceptional behavior during their garden visitations. The Green Bucks are worth $0.50 at the Garden Sale and can’t be replaced. Hang on to them until a Tuesday Garden Sale, and turn them in for an after school snack.
Every year we count on contributions from the community to keep our garden growing. For the past three years Kellogg has supported us by donating soil, amendments, fertilizer, and other ground cover that we use throughout our garden. Each Fall and Spring we’re greeted by an amazing shipment like the…
Thursday, October 3, 8:30 – 11:00 AM, is our mandatory Garden Master Workshop. If you have signed up to be a GM in your child’s class you must attend this workshop. See the Fall Training Workshop Timeline for Garden Masters for more information on times and locations.
Our Garden Sales have moved to Tuesdays after school. Make sure to stop by the Star Terrace and see what delicious treats are being made! All proceeds go to support our PTO.