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”
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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!”
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”
Plant TakeHome: Photos and How to Care for Your “Adopted Plant”
How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant LAST WEEK: WE SENT HOME POTS 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 sewn seeds — we are alsoContinue reading “Plant TakeHome: Photos and How to Care for Your “Adopted Plant””
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”
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
HOW TO GARDEN WITH US THIS SPRING!
Hi Friends! You have been asking so, we are telling you: If you signed up for Garden Club in the Fall 2023, you are all set for Spring! Stay tuned for schedule. If you want to signup for Garden Club this Spring, you still can.SIGNUP to be a Member at bit.ly/GardenClubSignUpTFES. Link to all theContinue reading “HOW TO GARDEN WITH US THIS SPRING!”
Happy Holidays from Garden Club!
HAPPY HOLIDAYS & A FRUITFUL NEW YEAR! To Thank Our Families, we created this fun Holiday Color Page. You can print it and make a card for a loved one. This way, you can tell your friends about TFES Garden Club — growing food and young minds at the edge of Upper Dublin. We can’tContinue reading “Happy Holidays from Garden Club!”
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! “
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