Tag Archives: gardening

Roots of Wellness: Planting Lifelong Healthy Habits With Your Children

Parents play the most enduring role in shaping how children view health, balance, and self-care. Every meal shared, walk taken, and calm response modeled becomes a lesson that lasts beyond childhood. By turning everyday routines into learning moments, families can make wellness feel natural rather than forced.

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)”

Join Our Family Event – Saturday, March 22nd

Our 1st event of the year is the Garden Family Kick Off on Saturday, March 22nd, 1-3pm (event approved!)  All the March 22nd updates, info, and RSVP link at https://bit.ly/Garden-Kick-Off2025. All are welcome to join the TFES Garden Club Community!  NO CLEARANCES NEEDED for this Family Event, but Parental Supervision is Required for anyone underContinue reading “Join Our Family Event – Saturday, March 22nd”

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! “

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”

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!”