TFES Garden Club

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 theContinue reading “Salad Parties for 3rd, 4th, 5th grades”

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 tendContinue reading “Summer 2024 Signup “

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 ofContinue reading “Salad Parties (K-2) Photos and Thanks!”

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.Continue reading “MCIU Special Needs Students in the Garden”

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 alsoContinue reading “Plant TakeHome: Photos and How to Care for Your “Adopted Plant””

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 /Continue reading “April Learn @Lunch: Photos and Lessons Learned”

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 TFESContinue reading “Outdoor Classroom Progress and Thanks”

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-OffContinue reading “Kick-Off Photos and Thanks!”

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

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!”