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”
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TFES GARDEN CLUB: SPRING INTO ACTION!
Grab your calendars and your garden maps! It’s time to plan the spring! SPRING NEWSLETTER: with all the happenings and links. Highlights below: 🍅 EVENT: Garden Family Kick Off: on Saturday, March 22nd, 1-3pm 🥬 SEE THE SPRING SCHEDULE. 🥒 STUDENTS LEARN @ LUNCH starts in April! Some important seeds below: 🌽 Students still wantingContinue reading “TFES GARDEN CLUB: SPRING INTO ACTION! “
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)”
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
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”
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”
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 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! “
GARDEN CLUB STUDENT PROGRAM @LunchFALL2023-SPRING2024
TFES Garden Club Student Program @Lunch is back this Fall! Students K-5th who SIGNUP will meet with students their age, at their designated Lunch/recess time. The Club offers hands-on gardening activities, lessons, and fun fellowship, as an enrichment program for all TFES Students (including the Intermediate Unit). Students signed up for the @Lunch Program, willContinue reading “GARDEN CLUB STUDENT PROGRAM @LunchFALL2023-SPRING2024”
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