Welcome to the Blog Roll of the TFES Garden Club! This page is where you can stay tuned for Club announcements, updates, new events, volunteer signups.
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Post-Event Pictures from Fall Family Day
We were so thankful to have our gardeners together on November 22nd for the Family Fun and Winter WrapUp Event! Students and parents got their hands dirty, while fixing up the school’s gardens and preparing for winter hibernation!
Roots of Wellness: Planting Lifelong Healthy Habits With Your Children
Parents play the most enduring role in shaping how children view health, balance, and self-care. Every meal shared, walk taken, and calm response modeled becomes a lesson that lasts beyond childhood. By turning everyday routines into learning moments, families can make wellness feel natural rather than forced.
Kindergarten, 4th & 5th Grades’ Learn @Lunch: About Lesson & Photos
On October 17th, we had a beautiful day in the garden and outdoor classroom with kindergarten, 4th and 5th grades. We are enjoyed meeting the other grades a couple weeks ago! This program offers hands-on gardening activities at lunch/recess time as an enrichment program for all TFES students. As part of our mission, we focus…
Nurturing Curiosity: How Parents Can Help Children Grow into Self-Motivated, Engaged Learners
Children thrive when they’re encouraged to ask questions, make mistakes, and pursue what fascinates them. Model curiosity, protect unstructured time, and let learning connect to real life. Garden, Grow Food, and some other tips! For working parents trying to balance it all, here’s how to foster curiosity and stay present during busy seasons.
First Learn @Lunch of the School Year in the Books (pics of 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades)
On October 3rd, we had a beautiful day in the garden and outdoor classroom with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. We are excited to do it again with kindergarten, 4th and 5th on Oct 17th! This program offers hands-on gardening activities at lunch/recess time as an enrichment program for all TFES students. As part…
Nov 22nd Morning – Family Event
Join Us for the “Family Fun & Winter WrapUp” Event On Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 10am-12pm (Pending UDSD Approval) All are welcome to join the TFES Garden Club Community! (Parental Supervision is Required) We will have an activity table for the kids, as parents and families work on garden projects around the school’s campus.…
Join the TFES Garden Club
The Fall Learn @Lunch Schedule is set and Registration is now open for the TFES Garden Club. This program offers hands-on gardening activities at lunch/recess time as an enrichment program for all TFES students. For example, all the 1st graders registered, will come out on Oct 3rd at their lunch recess, eat a Packed picnic…
Summer Signup – Watering Helpers
Greetings Growers! We miss seeing you in the gardens as the plants grow, bloom and produce fruit! The good news: you can help us this summer and see the gardens! Plants Don’t Take a Vacation, but we’d like to. Please volunteer to Water the TFES Gardens, or just stop by anytime (the gate is unlocked…
CONGRATS TO 5TH GRADE GRADS!
It’s been an honor and pleasure to grow with this amazing class of graduating 5th graders! You will be missed in the halls and gardens of TFES. However, please stay tuned for TFES Garden Club opportunities for middle/high school volunteer hours.
Salad Parties: Grades K, 4th, & 5th Tasted Some New Foods
On Friday, June 6th, we celebrated the Annual Salad Party for Grades Kindergarten, 4th, and 5th (our last @Lunch of the school year)! Salad Parties give our students the Taster-tunity (that means Opportunity to Taste) the foods they grew, which were ready to harvest! Our amazing volunteers served the students while giving food facts, teaching…
Salad Parties – Grades 1, 2, 3 Tasted Some New Foods
On Friday, we celebrated the Annual Salad Party for Grades 1,2,3 (our last @Lunch of the school year)! Salad Parties give our students the Taster-tunity (that means Opportunity to Taste) the foods they grew, which were ready to harvest! Our amazing volunteers served the students while giving food facts, teaching about the health benefits of…
WE SENT HOME PLANTS – Here’s how to care for them & Photos!
5th Grade Garden Club Students under cover during a rainy Learn @Lunch In Garden Club, we focus on growing food, and part of our mission is to help our families grow at home! So, your kids are brought take-home plants to your family after school Friday. We are here to support our families to grow!…
Weather and Front of School Planting Event on Sunday, May 4th
Hi, The weather is very iffy tomorrow, so we will make our decision by 9am and post here/social media. If it happens tomorrow, it will be in the afternoon but may be a little earlier or later (depending on weather report). If the weather is too severe, we will cancel and possibly reschedule. Thanks for…
School Front Native Garden Planting Event on May 4th
Make an impact and change the front of our school! We know it’s been pretty ugly up there, but a lot has been happening behind the scenes! JOIN the TFES Garden Club for the “School Front Native Garden Planting Event” Event Details: When: Tentatively – May the Fourth Be With You! 1:30pm – 3:30pm Who:…
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GARDEN WATERING VOLUNTEERS
Welcome Watering Warriors and Garden Guards! We thank you for your help! Below are some important instructions for your volunteering at the TFES Food Garden. Please check back for updates previous to your signup date. To help you with your gardening duties, we have created a list with tips for helping with chores in the…
How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant
THIS WEEK: WE ARE SENDING HOME CUPS OF SOIL WITH SEEDS YOUR KIDS PLANTED! In Garden Club, we focus on growing our own food, and part of our mission is to help our families grow at home! So, we send home starter plants and are here to support our families to grow! We have put…
Soil, Sun, & Science with Students
A 5th grade class and all the 4th grade classes joined us in the TFES Food Garden to help us correct our soil and prepare our beds for planting! With the help of Penn State University’s Agriculture Department, we had our soil tested. We used the reports, as we applied math and soil science to…
Post-Event Post, Pictures and Thanks
Our first Garden Club event of the year was on Saturday, March 22nd. THANKS TO THOSE WHO JOINED US FOR THE FAMILY KICK-OFF. We were thankful to the about 40 volunteers who helped us to wake the garden up for Spring! Students and their families enjoyed getting dirty, doing gardeny crafts and being productive by preparing…
Join Our Family Event – Saturday, March 22nd
Our 1st event of the year is the Garden Family Kick Off on Saturday, March 22nd, 1-3pm (event approved!) All the March 22nd updates, info, and RSVP link at https://bit.ly/Garden-Kick-Off2025. All are welcome to join the TFES Garden Club Community! NO CLEARANCES NEEDED for this Family Event, but Parental Supervision is Required for anyone under…
TFES GARDEN CLUB: SPRING INTO ACTION!
Grab your calendars and your garden maps! It’s time to plan the spring! SPRING NEWSLETTER: with all the happenings and links. Highlights below: 🍅 EVENT: Garden Family Kick Off: on Saturday, March 22nd, 1-3pm 🥬 SEE THE SPRING SCHEDULE. 🥒 STUDENTS LEARN @ LUNCH starts in April! Some important seeds below: 🌽 Students still wanting…
TFES Assembly – Setting Goals to Get Healthy in 2025!
Garden Club was so honored to be featured for this year’s Heart Health Assembly for all TFES students and staff. Coach Elise Carlin of Life in Motion Boot Camp, helped raise the roof and the cheetah’s heartrate with exciting exercise and an interactive lesson about how exercise is good for our body and mind. Tracy…
Happy Holidays from Garden Club!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & A FRUITFUL NEW YEAR! To Thank Our Families, we created this fun Holiday Color Page. You can print it and make a card for a loved one. This way, you can tell your friends about TFES Garden Club — growing food and young minds at the edge of Upper Dublin. We can’t…
Fall Family Event Photos and Thanks
We are so thankful to all the volunteers who made it out to our Fall Family Event. We were able to get a lot accomplished to prepare the food garden for winter, plant cold crops, pest control and plant some native plants to see them again next year! Checkout the blog to see photos and…
Spooky Sensory Table Thanks
THANK YOU to the Graham Family for donating a super fun sensory table with spooky treasures for kids to find! We used the sensory table, and a mini/mobile version for a class party, trunk or treat, 2 Learn @Lunches and for any visitors of the Food Garden! Unfortunately the sensory table foundation piece broke when…
Photos from Garden Club Learn @Lunch (K, 4th, 5th)
We had a fabulous fall time in the garden, this past Wednesday with the Kindergartner, 4th grade and 5th grade students. First, we enjoyed our bagged lunches in the outdoor classroom, then learning all about pumpkins, touring /planting in the Food Garden, eating whatever we could harvest, playing with the sensory table, and a fun…
November 16th Family Event
Join us Saturday, November 16th Family Event 1pm-3pm @TFES – More info/RSVP at https://bit.ly/GardenWrapUp2024.
Photos from 1st Fall Garden Club @Lunch
We had a fabulous fall time in the garden, enjoying our bagged lunches, learning all about pumpkins, touring and planting in the Food Garden, eating whatever we could harvest, playing with the sensory table, and a fun review of safety in the garden. Thanks a bunch to our Parent Volunteers for making this program possible!…
🍈SIGNUPS Technical Issues and Deadlines for Fall Learn @LUNCH!
🍈SIGNUPS Technical Issues and Deadlines for Fall Learn @LUNCH! WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES – We realize some forms did not come through to the google sheet! We believe we fixed the issue, but please email us if you have not received an email from us yet and/or if your child was not on the…
Student Learn @Lunch SIGNUPS!!!
Garden Club’s STUDENT PROGRAM LEARN@LUNCH is back this Fall! UPDATED MEMBERSHIP FORMS NEEDED EACH SCHOOL YEAR Students K-5th who SIGNUP will meet with students their age, at their designated Lunch/recess time. The Club offers hands-on gardening activities, as an enrichment program for all TFES Students, including the Intermediate Unit. SignUp/Info at http://www.tfesgardenclub.org/students
Eagle Scouts Build Fence to Protect TFES Food Garden
Due to deer and vandalism, the TFES Garden Club made a difficult decision to have a fence built around the TFES Food Garden. The Food Garden’s security fell to the wayside, with time/money budgeted towards other Garden Club projects, like the outdoor classroom, TFES front entrance, and funding the Garden’s Student Program activities. Well, this…
Salad Parties for 3rd, 4th, 5th grades
On June 7th, we celebrated the Annual Salad Party for the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades (our last @Lunch of the school year 😦 Salad Parties give our students the Taster-tunity (that means Opportunity to Taste) all the foods ready to harvest this Spring! Our amazing volunteers will also be teaching the kids about the…
Summer 2024 Signup
Hi Cheetah Community: We need your support in watering the TFES Food Garden this summer. Please SignUp and pick your day/time — it will only take about 30 minutes. We could really use the extra help in keeping the gardens alive during the hot, growing months. “WATER WARRIORS” NEEDED DAILY VOLUNTEERS TO: Water and tend…
Salad Parties (K-2) Photos and Thanks!
On Tuesday, May 28th, we celebrated the Annual Salad Party for Grades K-2 (our last @Lunch of the school year! 😦 Salad Parties give our students the Taster-tunity (that means Opportunity to Taste) all the foods ready to harvest this Spring! Our amazing volunteers will also be teaching the kids about the health benefits of…
MCIU Special Needs Students in the Garden
Part of the TFES Garden Club’s purpose is to serve ALL TFES Students with our Food Garden, Outdoor Classroom and mission to “Grow food and young minds on the edge of Upper Dublin”. With that, we invite the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit (MCIU) students with special needs to join us in the garden each spring.…
Plant TakeHome: Photos and How to Care for Your “Adopted Plant”
How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant LAST WEEK: WE SENT HOME POTS OF SOIL WITH SEEDS YOUR KIDS PLANTED! In Garden Club, we focus on growing our own food, and part of our mission is to help our families grow at home! So, we send home starter sewn seeds — we are also…
How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant
THIS WEEK: WE ARE SENDING HOME CUPS OF SOIL WITH SEEDS YOUR KIDS PLANTED! In Garden Club, we focus on growing our own food, and part of our mission is to help our families grow at home! So, we send home starter plants and are here to support our families to grow! We have put…
April Learn @Lunch: Photos and Lessons Learned
Over the past few weeks, 133 TFES Students were in the TFES Food Garden, during their grade’s lunch recess time. We appreciate that these kids are giving up their recess to grow food and learn about nature! Here’s what their last class looked like. After enjoying a picnic lunch at the TFES Food Garden /…
Outdoor Classroom Progress and Thanks
We can now seat a full class, safely with our like-new tables! The tables that we had been using and the stumps were not the safest for our students. It was a long-term goal to replace the seating. A dream of Garden Club was to create this open-air classroom in nature available to all TFES…
Kick-Off Photos and Thanks!
Last weekend, the TFES Garden Club prepared to spring into action! Thank you to the families and staff who came out to support our Kick-Off! THANKS A BUNCH TO OUR AMAZING HELPERS: Most Valuable Gardener Award (MVG) MVG goes again to Bob Ariyamitr for what you’ll read below under Outdoor Classroom and helping on Kick-Off…
SPRING NEWS AND SCHEDULE
SPRING THINGS POPPING UP AT the GARDEN! Spring Newsletter – For TFES Families and Community Members SAVE THE DATE: Garden Family Kick Off SATURDAY – March 16th, 2024 at 10am-12pm Flyer/MORE INFO at https://bit.ly/March16GardenKickOff WE NEED PARENTS’ HELP – VOLUNTEERS WITH CLEARANCES to teach Learn @Lunch: SignUp at https://bit.ly/Garden-Leadership-Spring2024
HOW TO GARDEN WITH US THIS SPRING!
Hi Friends! You have been asking so, we are telling you: If you signed up for Garden Club in the Fall 2023, you are all set for Spring! Stay tuned for schedule. If you want to signup for Garden Club this Spring, you still can.SIGNUP to be a Member at bit.ly/GardenClubSignUpTFES. Link to all the…
Happy Holidays from Garden Club!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & A FRUITFUL NEW YEAR! To Thank Our Families, we created this fun Holiday Color Page. You can print it and make a card for a loved one. This way, you can tell your friends about TFES Garden Club — growing food and young minds at the edge of Upper Dublin. We can’t…
HAPPY GIVING TUESDAY and Happy Holidays from the TFES Garden Club!
WE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU!!!! We would not be able to teach 135+ students a year, assist 100s of families in community gardening, provide our home gardeners with donations of seeds/supplies to our families, grow 100s of meals in produce annually or teach children about nature–without your support (and the support of PTO and School Administration).…
Thank you Fall Family Day Participants and Sponsors
Thanks so many of our TFES families for joining us for Garden Club’s Fall Family Day! You know it’s a good day when you get your to do list and more accomplished, while having fun! We were able to finish phase1 of the TFES Front Native Plants Garden and work on wrapping up the food…
Harvest of the Month and Nov 4th Family Event
Please support the Garden Club’s front entrance project and the Food Garden at TFES!Join us on Saturday, November 4th, 1-3pm: Family Fun & Winter WrapUp. More info at https://bit.ly/TFES-WW-Nov4. Thanks to Allied for discounted mulch and for Bill Johnston Landscaping for free delivery. November 4th, 1-3pm: Family Fun & Winter WrapUp Harvest of the Month…
Join Us for Garden Club Fall Fun with Our Families
Eat in / Take Out Tuesday, October 24th (all day/night) to Support Kids Gardening. Join us for a Dine & Donate Fundraiser and Magerks Horsham. Dine in, take out, grab a drink – just be sure to tell your server you are there to support the TFES Garden Club. More info at https://bit.ly/TFES-DND-Oct24
GARDEN CLUB – FALL 2023 NEWSLETTER
GARDEN CLUB – FALL 2023 NEWSLETTER Checkout the Garden Club’s Fall 2023 Newsletter for Student Signups, Family Event Schedule, planting projects and other Garden News at https://tfesgardenclub.org/fall-2023-news/ SIGNUPS – STUDENT PROGRAM @LUNCH – DEADLINE FOR K-2nd Fall Program is Oct 2nd! Deadline for 3rd-5th grades is Oct 14. UPDATED MEMBERSHIP FORMS NEEDED EACH SCHOOL YEAR.…
Thanks a Bunch Primex!
Thanks to Primex Garden Center for being a star sponsor—donating 100’s of seed packets to our garden club and many more in the area!Our Primex partners donate 30+ packets of seeds to the TFES Garden Club (and to many other school garden teachers!)! We at TFES Garden Club are ready to plant our cold weather…
GARDEN CLUB STUDENT PROGRAM @LunchFALL2023-SPRING2024
TFES Garden Club Student Program @Lunch is back this Fall! Students K-5th who SIGNUP will meet with students their age, at their designated Lunch/recess time. The Club offers hands-on gardening activities, lessons, and fun fellowship, as an enrichment program for all TFES Students (including the Intermediate Unit). Students signed up for the @Lunch Program, will…
Welcome Back Students and “Harvest of the Month”
Welcome back to all TFES Cheetahs! Garden Club hopes to return this Fall with our “Student Program” but are searching for a TFES teacher helper. Stay tuned to the Garden Club Student Page for updates and to the Summer Newsletter for recent Garden News! Thanks to UDSD Food Services and ‘Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month’…
SUMMER 2023 NEWSLETTER
Checkout the Summer 2023 Newsletter for News, Signups, and Stay Tuned for Student Program Updates at https://tfesgardenclub.org/news/newsletter-summer2023/
Thank You to Shed Contributors
We thank all the local organizations who donated their goods and services to the TFES Garden Club “Shed Project”. We appreciate your donating your time and support to help families grow food and young minds in Upper Dublin, PA! THANK YOU FOR BUILDING THE SHED AND ITS FOUNDATION Bill Johnston Landscaping Company and Staff Website…
SUMMER SIGNUP – Volunteer to Water Food Garden
Signup to quickly support our community garden! It’s simple to water the TFES Food Garden – it takes only 30 minutes, on the day of your choice (and show up any time that day to water the garden). Info and Link to Sign Up /Instructions at https://tfesgardenclub.org/summer2023. Thanks a Bunch 🥬🥦🌻and we looking forward to…
PHOTO REVIEW OF SCHOOL YEAR Fall2022-Spring2023
We have uploaded some of the exciting moments in our past year! Below, we have divided the photos up by season! Please check them out and send us photos of your family in the garden, eating fresh foods and your home gardens! 2022 – Fall Photos 2023 – Spring Photos 2023 – Summer Photos 2022…
K-2 June 9th Salad Parties Canceled — New Plan: Salad Bags Giveaway
Due to the air quality uncertainty, the TFES Garden Club will need to cancel their Salad Party during their last class on Friday 6/9 for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades. 🥗New Plan: So that we don’t waste all that food and hard work, the Garden Club will be handing out bags of salad grown at…
SUMMER SIGNUP – Volunteer to Water Food Garden
Signup to quickly support our community garden! It’s simple to water the TFES Food Garden – it takes only 30 minutes, on the day of your choice (and show up any time that day to water the garden). Info and Link to Sign Up /Instructions at https://tfesgardenclub.org/summer2023. Thanks a Bunch 🥬🥦🌻and we looking forward to…
Salad Parties to Celebrate the Spring Harvest
It’s Time for SALAD PARTIES and Students taste the fruits of their labors at our annual Salad Party on the last day of their @Lunch class: May 26th (for 3rd-5th) and June 9TH (for K-2nd). They also signed the 2023 “TASTED-IT” Banner to commemorate which foods they tried! Enjoy photos of the older grades Salad…
Thanks and Congrats to TFES’s Tree Tender Fan Zhang-Plasket
Photo: In 2021, Fan Zhang-Plasket (on left) led the TFES tree planting in front of school with many families and older Upper Dublin students. She has also helped with many other gardening projects around the school and community. TFES’s Tree Tender Fan Zhang-Plasket was selected as the Outstanding Citizen in the 39th annual Upper Dublin…
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