PHOTO REVIEW OF SCHOOL YEAR Fall2022-Spring2023

We have uploaded some of the exciting moments in our past year! Below, we have divided the photos up by season! Please check them out and send us photos of your family in the garden, eating fresh foods and your home gardens! 2022 – Fall Photos 2023 – Spring Photos 2023 – Summer Photos 2022Continue reading “PHOTO REVIEW OF SCHOOL YEAR Fall2022-Spring2023”

Salad Parties to Celebrate the Spring Harvest

It’s Time for SALAD PARTIES and Students taste the fruits of their labors at our annual Salad Party on the last day of their @Lunch class: May 26th (for 3rd-5th) and June 9TH (for K-2nd). They also signed the 2023 “TASTED-IT” Banner to commemorate which foods they tried! Enjoy photos of the older grades SaladContinue reading “Salad Parties to Celebrate the Spring Harvest”

Thanks and Congrats to TFES’s Tree Tender Fan Zhang-Plasket

Photo: In 2021, Fan Zhang-Plasket (on left) led the TFES tree planting in front of school with many families and older Upper Dublin students. She has also helped with many other gardening projects around the school and community. TFES’s Tree Tender Fan Zhang-Plasket was selected as the Outstanding Citizen in the 39th annual Upper DublinContinue reading “Thanks and Congrats to TFES’s Tree Tender Fan Zhang-Plasket”

Student Photos and Instructions for Take-Home Plants— Grow Your Own Food…at Home!!!

This Spring, we have a total of 115 TFES Students part of our Learn@Lunch Program, exploring nature hands-on in the new TFES Food Garden! In the TFES Garden Club, we focus on growing our own food (and eating it too!). Part of our mission is to help our families grow at home, so we areContinue reading “Student Photos and Instructions for Take-Home Plants— Grow Your Own Food…at Home!!!”

How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant

THIS WEEK:  WE ARE SENDING HOME CUPS 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 plants and are here to support our families to grow! We have putContinue reading “How To Care for Your Student’s Take-Home Plant”

INSTRUCTIONS FOR GARDEN VOLUNTEERS

Welcome Watering Warriors and Garden Guards! We thank you for your help! Below are some important instructions for your volunteering at the TFES Food Garden. Please check back for updates previous to your signup date. To help you with your gardening duties, we have created a list with tips for helping with chores in theContinue reading “INSTRUCTIONS FOR GARDEN VOLUNTEERS”

Bring in the Spring – April Events and Students @Lunch

CREATING COMMUNITY DAY Monday, April 3 @ 3pm (During Spring Break) – Rain Date 4/4 @3 All are welcome to help Recreate the TFES Food Garden with Spring Fun Sprinkled in!   All Event Updates/Signup Links at http://www.tfesgardenclub.org/community-april3/ ALL SPRING EVENTS For All Student @Lunch Dates and Garden Club’s Family Events, see https://bit.ly/2023StudentSchedule

EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

So, we can’t grow all our food, but there’s a list of the foods we should buy organic or grow organic! The EWG (Environmental Working Group) tests foods and products to find out what we are REALLY consuming and its effects on our health. EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ has been released,Continue reading “EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™”

Kick-Off Day Recap and Photos

Thank you to all joined us this weekend for the Kick-Off to begin to recreate the TFES Garden Club Food Garden. It was cold and cloudy but we got so much done! Special thanks to the following who made this day possible: Our Local Lowes for sponsoring supplies for the new garden! Bob Ariyamitr GardenContinue reading “Kick-Off Day Recap and Photos”