Tag Archives: #TFESgardenClub

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”

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! “

TFES Assembly – Setting Goals to Get Healthy in 2025!

Garden Club was so honored to be featured for this year’s Heart Health Assembly for all TFES students and staff. Coach Elise Carlin of Life in Motion Boot Camp, helped raise the roof and the cheetah’s heartrate with exciting exercise and an interactive lesson about how exercise is good for our body and mind. TracyContinue reading “TFES Assembly – Setting Goals to Get Healthy in 2025!”

Spooky Sensory Table Thanks

THANK YOU to the Graham Family for donating a super fun sensory table with spooky treasures for kids to find!  We used the sensory table, and a mini/mobile version for a class party, trunk or treat, 2 Learn @Lunches and for any visitors of the Food Garden! Unfortunately the sensory table foundation piece broke whenContinue reading “Spooky Sensory Table 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)”

Student Learn @Lunch SIGNUPS!!!

Garden Club’s STUDENT PROGRAM LEARN@LUNCH is back this Fall! UPDATED MEMBERSHIP FORMS NEEDED EACH SCHOOL YEAR Students K-5th who SIGNUP will meet with students their age, at their designated Lunch/recess time. The Club offers hands-on gardening activities, as an enrichment program for all TFES Students, including the Intermediate Unit.  SignUp/Info at http://www.tfesgardenclub.org/students

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”