Let's grow together

23-24 Student Garden Club Advisors

Garden Club Advisors

Sonja Harley, Lilian Young, Shadae Lyles, Zachary Puckett, Leanna Rud'

Meetings

This club meets for the 23-24 school year after school on Thursdays from 3:30-4:45pm starting August 24th in room 705.

Students participating in gardening

Recycling Team

Garden club members also comprise our school recycling team. This important group of students once a week goes to each classroom in the building to collect recycling bins.

Recycle Team members

Steven Rogers, Dalton Bridges, Kaydence Hayes, Sophia Harris, Zeelynn Hier, Shelby Arrington

Compost

Meet R2D2, affectionately named by our very own Mr. Haskins.  We can now double our compost efforts and have compost ready for both Fall and Spring. Our morning crew had fun putting him together.

Composting bin and students pictured

Field Trip Fun

This September Garden club members visited Hub City Urban Farm and Hatcher Gardens.

Hub City talking to students
Group photo
Individual student working in the garden
Students eating lunch at the Beacon
Students and advisor at Hatcher Gardens
Kids participating in gardening

Did You Know

One of the most recent studies of the impact of school gardens on academic performance found that research conducted between 1990 and 2010 has shown "overwhelmingly that garden-based learning had a positive impact on students' grades, knowledge, attitudes, and behavior" (1).

(1) Williams, D.R. & Dixon, P.S. (2013). Impact of garden-based learning on academic outcomes in schools: Synthesis of research between 1990 and 2010. Review of Educational Research 2013.

Study shows that when young children are participating in garden activities they are:

 (1) communicating their knowledge about the world to others, 

(2) conveying emotions, and

 (3) developing important skills that will help them be more successful in school.

Miller, D. L. 2007. The Seeds of Learning: Young Children Develop Important Skills Through TheirGardening Activities at a Midwestern Early Education Program. Applied Environmental Education & Communication, 6(1):49-66.

Contact

Natasha Lyles

natasha.lyles@spart5.net

What's Happening in the Garden

Vegetables plated in fall garding include in Bed #1 Little Finger Carrots and Black Simpson Lettuce. In bed #2 there is Snowball Cauliflower and Gray French Shallots. In bed #3 there is Bloomsdale Spinach, Organic Di Cicco Broccoli and Early Green Broccoli. In bed #4 there is Georgia Southern Collards and Ruby Red Swiss Chard.

Our worms have found a home with Mr. Swann this quarter so that his class will have the opportunity to learn about vermicomposting while helping make compost for our plants.  A special thank you to Nurse Massey for keeping them fed and happy over the summer.

Students helping make compost

Mrs. Kay's class practiced measurements and multiplication in the garden by dividing our beds into square foot grids to prepare for our first fall planting.

Students pictured dividing beds into square foot grids.

Students have added some chrysanthemums (mums) to both gardens. Did you know that mums are edible? Chrysanthemum Tea is especially popular in China. For more fun facts check out this Better Homes & Gardens article.  

We also added netting to vegetable beds.

Mums and netting added