Author Archives: TFES Garden Club

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’tContinue reading “Happy Holidays from Garden Club!”

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 andContinue reading “Fall Family Event Photos and Thanks”

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 whenContinue reading “Spooky Sensory Table Thanks”

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 funContinue reading “Photos from Garden Club Learn @Lunch (K, 4th, 5th)”

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!Continue reading “Photos from 1st Fall Garden Club @Lunch”

🍈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 theContinue reading “🍈SIGNUPS Technical Issues and Deadlines for Fall Learn @LUNCH! “

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, thisContinue reading “Eagle Scouts Build Fence to Protect TFES Food Garden”