Gardening Club
“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.”
Georges Bernanos
Gardening club at St Paul’s gives the children lots of opportunities to engage with nature and be creative.
Gardening club at St Paul’s gives the children lots of opportunities to engage with nature and be creative.
We do a variety of activities including:
We do a variety of activities including:
• Planting bulbs for the Spring
• Planting bulbs for the Spring
• Decorating pots and planting them for Christmas presents
• Decorating pots and planting them for Christmas presents
• Making bird feeders
• Making bird feeders
• Cutting back hedges and clearing paths
• Cutting back hedges and clearing paths
• Designing vegetable gardens
• Designing vegetable gardens
• Weeding and digging flower beds
• Weeding and digging flower beds
• Planting and looking after seeds
• Planting and looking after seeds
• Collecting seeds and making seed packets
• Collecting seeds and making seed packets
• Learning about what vegetables grow in our climate
• Learning about what vegetables grow in our climate
• We also take part in What’s Under Our Feet – this is where we measure and count the insects in our garden.
• We also take part in What’s Under Our Feet – this is where we measure and count the insects in our garden.
Due to restrictions, our Gardening Club is currently Year 4 and we are rotating our members to give the opportunity to as many children as possible to take part.
Christmas Pots
Christmas Pots
This half term we have been designing and painting Christmas pots ready for Christmas!
"The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul."
Alfred Austin
Getting stuck in!
Getting stuck in!
Clearing the hexagon and planting lots of spring daffodil bulbs!
“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.”
“Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.”
Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud
“Watching something grow is good for morale. It helps us believe in life.”
“Watching something grow is good for morale. It helps us believe in life.”
Myron Kaufmann
Myron Kaufmann
"The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided."
"The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided."
Thomas Moore
Thomas Moore
Recommended websites
Recommended websites