SPRING GARDEN CLUB
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C'est le PRINTEMPS! Join our Garden Club
C'est le PRINTEMPS! Join our Garden Club
As parents on your School Community Council we want to offer you a chance to be involved in a SPRING Garden Club!
There are some choices for you! You can participate at any age and you are welcome to share your experience with your family!
Our club will run from EARTH Day April 22nd until May 31st
We start by celebrating spring and offering a choice of 1 of 4 options to get involved.
Let’s grow a Vegetable- Experiment with some vegetable seeds to see if you can eat what you grow!
Volunteers will supply the seeds and explanations
Parents supply a cup/pot and some soil
DIY Garden: Experiment with Growing on your own! The point of this kit is to encourage you to use items from your home and see what will grow!
Volunteers will explain so that parents can help the student experiment with supplies from home
Bring back the Butterfly - Experiment with growing plants that attract butterflies and bees
Volunteers will supply the seeds and explanations
SIGN UP here by April 16th:
SIGN UP here by April 16th:
We want you to share your progress! If you can share your progress in French we would love that! As your parents, we are so excited to have you be able to speak 2 languages...so share away!
UPLOAD images as often as you wish and show us your progress here:
UPLOAD images as often as you wish and show us your progress here:
Weekly ZOOMS will be hosted by parent volunteers to learn a little about gardening 4:30 every Monday - April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 31 ZOOM LINK CLICK HERE
Weekly ZOOMS will be hosted by parent volunteers to learn a little about gardening 4:30 every Monday - April 26, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 31 ZOOM LINK CLICK HERE
Meeting ID: 853 6371 6565
Passcode: garden2021
YOU CHOSE "DO it YOURSELF" Garden
Here are some IDEAS for your DO IT YOURSELF garden
Please note that all the items IN BLUE in the document are links you can explore!
DIY Garden Tips and Tricks
- Remember that the ideas in the document are just that ideas. We encourage you to experiment with things you have around the house to see what you can grow
- When choosing vegetables to start with, choose those that already have some new growth or roots on them (when applicable). This is fairly common at the store.
- When starting roots in water, change the water every day or every other day.
- Look up ideal growing conditions for the plants you are working on. For example, some plants like lots of sunlight, while some prefer some shade. Figuring out how your plant grows best will give you the best harvest
- Some plants in the suggested document can be grown year-round indoors. You just have to remember to water and care for them.
- Did you know that talking to your plants helps them grow? Try it out- talk to your plant while you water them! They sure love company.
- When growing from kitchen scraps, the key is to plant as soon as possible. So, put your potential plant in water or soil as soon as you can. This gives it the best chance to grow and thrive.
- Don’t forget to water the plants and when it is warm outside, try and put the plants out to grow.
- A great addition to soil is compost and you can easily make your own compost to use- again, using kitchen scraps. It is easy to do (could be smelly, so do this in the garage or in the yard) and provides a nutrient rich addition to your soil.
Bring back the butterfly
Bring back the butterfly
Bring back the Butterfly -
Butterflies (and bees) are the pollinator tools for all veggie gardens; their visits will augment fruit production. This kit contains organic perennial wintered seeds from monarda, catmint, and echinacea. Be an earth angel, and make a home for these important creatures and watch the butterfly bless your garden.
On top of providing these seeds, volunteers will show where we can find flowers in our own region, how we can pick and transplant into a designated butterfly section of your plot.
Recommend on committing a 3’ x 3’ garden plot - in soil as all plants can winter, and come back year after year. However, committing garden plot to pots or less space is fine.
Let's grow a VEGETABLE- Radishes
Let's grow a VEGETABLE- Radishes
Grow your own radishes in containers!
The garden club will provide the seeds - students will need some soil and a 6” container.
Plant each radish seed 1/2 inch deep and spaced one inch apart.
Keep the seeds and soil moist without being soggy and seeds should sprout within 5-10 days!
Within 20-25 days your radishes will be ready to eat. Check the size to determine if it’s “pickable” gently brush the dirt off around the base of the leaves to judge if it’s eating ready!
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