We were so thankful to have our gardeners together on November 22nd for the Family Fun and Winter WrapUp Event! Students and parents got their hands dirty, while fixing up the school’s gardens and preparing for winter hibernation!
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Kindergarten, 4th & 5th Grades’ Learn @Lunch: About Lesson & Photos
On October 17th, we had a beautiful day in the garden and outdoor classroom with kindergarten, 4th and 5th grades. We are enjoyed meeting the other grades a couple weeks ago! This program offers hands-on gardening activities at lunch/recess time as an enrichment program for all TFES students. As part of our mission, we focusContinue reading “Kindergarten, 4th & 5th Grades’ Learn @Lunch: About Lesson & Photos”
First Learn @Lunch of the School Year in the Books (pics of 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades)
 On October 3rd, we had a beautiful day in the garden and outdoor classroom with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades. We are excited to do it again with kindergarten, 4th and 5th on Oct 17th! This program offers hands-on gardening activities at lunch/recess time as an enrichment program for all TFES students. As partContinue reading “First Learn @Lunch of the School Year in the Books (pics of 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades)”
Salad Parties: Grades K, 4th, & 5th Tasted Some New Foods
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”
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!”
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”
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”
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)”
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”
TFES GARDEN CLUB 