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 picnicContinue reading “Join the TFES Garden Club”

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 unlockedContinue reading “Summer Signup – Watering Helpers”

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 putContinue reading “How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant”

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 theContinue reading “HOW TO GARDEN WITH US THIS SPRING!”

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).Continue reading “HAPPY GIVING TUESDAY and Happy Holidays from the TFES Garden Club!  “

Student Photos and Instructions for Take-Home Plants— Grow Your Own Food…at Home!!!

This Spring, we have a total of 115 TFES Students part of our Learn@Lunch Program, exploring nature hands-on in the new TFES Food Garden! In the TFES Garden Club, we focus on growing our own food (and eating it too!). Part of our mission is to help our families grow at home, so we areContinue reading “Student Photos and Instructions for Take-Home Plants— Grow Your Own Food…at Home!!!”

2022 PHOTOS: A Year in Review of the TFES GARDEN CLUB

Hey Gardeners! We are gearing up for growing in 2023. As we look forward, we wanted to take a look back. It’s a great time to share these photos with the community, as we are all longing for warm sunshine and growing greens…. 2022 PHOTOS: A Year in Review of the TFES GARDEN CLUB ItContinue reading “2022 PHOTOS: A Year in Review of the TFES GARDEN CLUB”

Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of the outdoors

Mounting scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of the outdoors is helping shape innovations in medicine, education, and more. Check out this article from Audubon Magazine “Birding With Benefits: How Nature Improves Our Mental Mindsets” Want to practice mindfulness, for yourself and others, while out birding? Try these tips. Outdoor learning is quickly gaining groundContinue reading “Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of the outdoors”