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”
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Friday Fun at the Student Program @Lunch
75 students from our younger grades (K-2nd grades), met on Friday for their first hands-on gardening lessons @Lunch! The previous week, we had 40 of the older students (3rd-5th grades) for a total of 115 Students in the Program! Due to the weather we had to pivot our plans, deciding to stay under the coverContinue reading “Friday Fun at the Student Program @Lunch”
INSTRUCTIONS FOR GARDEN 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 theContinue reading “INSTRUCTIONS FOR GARDEN VOLUNTEERS”
Celebrate Earth Day with these Local Nature Events
Save the dates for exciting local nature / plant events! Thank you to Cindy Nuss for sharing her expert plant advice with the TFES Garden Club. Mrs Nuss is a horticulturist, native plants expert, and a leader for Upper Dublin Township’s Birdtown PA Program. TFES hopes to support this mission. Bird Town Pennsylvania’s Mission isContinue reading “Celebrate Earth Day with these Local Nature Events”
MOVIE NIGHT PLANTING ACTIVITY – April 21st @ TFES
Join the TFES Community and Garden Club for a Movie Night in honor of Earth Day! Have fun with Cheetah friends on Friday, watch a flick and plant some seeds! Join us on Friday, April 21st at 6:30pm at the TFES Gym! The event is Free but also helps to raise funds for TFES 5thContinue reading “MOVIE NIGHT PLANTING ACTIVITY – April 21st @ TFES”
THANKS A BUNCH TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY DAY SUPPORTERS
SPECIAL THANKS TO LOWES Thank you so much to our partner Lowes in Upper Moreland and its Manager Chad Haussman, for joining us at Community Day and for donating soil, compost, sand, 20 bags of gravel, a shed (coming soon) and other supplies! Be sure to shop at Lowe’s! THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!!!!! It Takes aContinue reading “THANKS A BUNCH TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY DAY SUPPORTERS”
Bring in the Spring – April Events and Students @Lunch
CREATING COMMUNITY DAY Monday, April 3 @ 3pm (During Spring Break) – Rain Date 4/4 @3 All are welcome to help Recreate the TFES Food Garden with Spring Fun Sprinkled in! All Event Updates/Signup Links at http://www.tfesgardenclub.org/community-april3/ ALL SPRING EVENTS For All Student @Lunch Dates and Garden Club’s Family Events, see https://bit.ly/2023StudentSchedule
EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
So, we can’t grow all our food, but there’s a list of the foods we should buy organic or grow organic! The EWG (Environmental Working Group) tests foods and products to find out what we are REALLY consuming and its effects on our health. EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ has been released,Continue reading “EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™”
Kick-Off Day Recap and Photos
Thank you to all joined us this weekend for the Kick-Off to begin to recreate the TFES Garden Club Food Garden. It was cold and cloudy but we got so much done! Special thanks to the following who made this day possible: Our Local Lowes for sponsoring supplies for the new garden! Bob Ariyamitr GardenContinue reading “Kick-Off Day Recap and Photos”