Ryan Solomon, Guest Blogger From Ms. Mahar’s Third Grade Class I highly recommend going to the TMA garden because of all the wonderful sights like seeing all the plants and the growing develop. Last Thursday, when I went there with my teacher Ms. Mahar’s class, I enjoyed seeing all the…
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The rain didn’t keep the buyers away from our annual Dad’s and Donuts event. Due to the success of this event and produce sales, the garden sold a record amount of pumpkins and produce totalling more than $1,000. The proceeds will help fund PTO programs, such as Art Masters, John…
By Armen Balian, Guest Blogger and Dedicated Garden Volunteer Seriously!! Every time it rains, Tustin Unified saves money. Here’s how it works. Walk into the garden and look to the left; you’ll see a very large black tank, known as a rain cistern. Pipes run from it to newly installed…
By Ashley Spinoglio, Third Grader The garden work day a few weeks ago was very busy. We had 46 volunteers show up to help work in the garden for fall planting. Some of the jobs we did in the garden were pulling weeds, cutting pumpkins off the vines, cutting flowers,…
Tuesday, Oct. 4 TMA parents and students are invited to join us before school in the TMA Garden and Nature Center for coffee and donuts sponsored by the TMA Heroes. The Can You Dig It Garden Committee will be selling pumpkins that morning and after school on Thursday and raffling…
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Have you run across a great garden learning opportunity for our students while talking to friends who are teachers, searching the web or reading an article in a gardening magazine? If so, please send your ideas to tmagarden@gmail.com. We’re always looking for fresh ideas to help our kids learn in…
Join us for a back-to-school work day in the TMA Garden Sunday, Sept. 18 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Come get your hands dirty and help us prepare the garden beds for our students to begin fall planting. Plus, we’ll be repairing benches and completing other garden maintenance tasks.…
By Casey Gallagher, Guest Student Blogger There were lots of fun memories of the TMA garden this year. For example, I loved making yummy onion rings. I interviewed a student from each grade, asking them their favorite garden memory. Kindergarten: Sean O’Brien said, “I loved planting carrots.” First grade: Pricilla…