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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! “

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!”

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”

Harvest of the Month and Nov 4th Family Event

Please support the Garden Club’s front entrance project and the Food Garden at TFES!Join us on Saturday, November 4th, 1-3pm: Family Fun & Winter WrapUp. More info at https://bit.ly/TFES-WW-Nov4. Thanks to Allied for discounted mulch and for Bill Johnston Landscaping for free delivery. November 4th, 1-3pm: Family Fun & Winter WrapUp Harvest of the MonthContinue reading “Harvest of the Month and Nov 4th Family Event”

GARDEN CLUB – FALL 2023 NEWSLETTER 

GARDEN CLUB – FALL 2023 NEWSLETTER Checkout the Garden Club’s Fall 2023 Newsletter for Student Signups, Family Event Schedule, planting projects and other Garden News at https://tfesgardenclub.org/fall-2023-news/ SIGNUPS – STUDENT PROGRAM @LUNCH – DEADLINE FOR K-2nd Fall Program is Oct 2nd!  Deadline for 3rd-5th grades is Oct 14.  UPDATED MEMBERSHIP FORMS NEEDED EACH SCHOOL YEAR.Continue reading “GARDEN CLUB – FALL 2023 NEWSLETTER “

Thanks a Bunch Primex!

Thanks to Primex Garden Center for being a star sponsor—donating 100’s of seed packets to our garden club and many more in the area!Our Primex partners donate 30+ packets of seeds to the TFES Garden Club (and to many other school garden teachers!)! We at TFES Garden Club are ready to plant our cold weatherContinue reading “Thanks a Bunch Primex!”

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”

Welcome Back Students and “Harvest of the Month”

Welcome back to all TFES Cheetahs! Garden Club hopes to return this Fall with our “Student Program” but are searching for a TFES teacher helper. Stay tuned to the Garden Club Student Page for updates and to the Summer Newsletter for recent Garden News! Thanks to UDSD Food Services and ‘Pennsylvania Harvest of the Month’Continue reading “Welcome Back Students and “Harvest of the Month””