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, teachingContinue reading “Salad Parties: Grades K, 4th, & 5th Tasted Some New Foods”
Category Archives: Garden Pics
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!Continue reading “WE SENT HOME PLANTS – Here’s how to care for them & Photos!”
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”
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 toContinue reading “Soil, Sun, & Science with Students”
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 preparingContinue reading “Post-Event Post, Pictures and Thanks”
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. TracyContinue reading “TFES Assembly – Setting Goals to Get Healthy in 2025!”
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)”
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!”