Washington-Hoyt PTA > Green Schools Program
Site last published: 06/08/10
Green Schools!
Spring 2010 Gardening!
Spring’s almost here, and that means garden time! For the second year I’ll be coordinating the Washington garden, and Angela Trinen will coordinate down at Hoyt. Between March 17-26, each class will get a one-hour garden lesson, including classroom instruction and planting of peas, salad greens, flowers or potatoes. These will be harvested just before summer vacation in June and made into yummy salads (last year, one class came back for thirds!) We have some wonderful volunteers who are supplying seeds and starts, but we do need extra help either during your child’s lesson time or in the next two weeks to help with maintenance. Contact me if you’re interested! Rosemary Ponnekanti, 761-8324
School Garden
The Green Schools Committee has completely renovated the Washington campus garden, located on the school’s north-east corner (opposite the Post Office.) Planter boxes have been weeded and classes will have outside lessons that day planting veggies and flowers for Food Bank donations. New planter boxes are being constructed for around the fence to hold climbers like sweet pea and sunflower, and the mound is being planted with natives and perennials to attract wildlife. A barrier between the teachers’ parking lot and the garden is being planted with sweet-smelling rosemary and lavender. There’s a compost barrel for weeds.
Please stop by anytime to see what we and the students have done. Seasonal starts and seeds would also be welcome in June and September. Planting a garden teaches our kids so much about the environment, science, where food comes from and self-sufficiency.
Love gardening? We are always looking for someone to help out with both the Washington and the Hoyt gardens. General maintenance, help with harvesting, assisting teachers with their classroom gardens...contact Rosemary Ponnekanti 761-8324 if you are interested.
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Green Schools Committee
The very successful Green School Committee meets about every three weeks in Mrs. Murphy's room and is always looking for folks interested in helping out. If you are interested contact, Felicity Devlin 761-8066
Spring 2010 Gardening!
Spring’s almost here, and that means garden time! For the second year I’ll be coordinating the Washington garden, and Angela Trinen will coordinate down at Hoyt. Between March 17-26, each class will get a one-hour garden lesson, including classroom instruction and planting of peas, salad greens, flowers or potatoes. These will be harvested just before summer vacation in June and made into yummy salads (last year, one class came back for thirds!) We have some wonderful volunteers who are supplying seeds and starts, but we do need extra help either during your child’s lesson time or in the next two weeks to help with maintenance. Contact me if you’re interested! Rosemary Ponnekanti, 761-8324
School Garden
The Green Schools Committee has completely renovated the Washington campus garden, located on the school’s north-east corner (opposite the Post Office.) Planter boxes have been weeded and classes will have outside lessons that day planting veggies and flowers for Food Bank donations. New planter boxes are being constructed for around the fence to hold climbers like sweet pea and sunflower, and the mound is being planted with natives and perennials to attract wildlife. A barrier between the teachers’ parking lot and the garden is being planted with sweet-smelling rosemary and lavender. There’s a compost barrel for weeds.
Please stop by anytime to see what we and the students have done. Seasonal starts and seeds would also be welcome in June and September. Planting a garden teaches our kids so much about the environment, science, where food comes from and self-sufficiency.
Love gardening? We are always looking for someone to help out with both the Washington and the Hoyt gardens. General maintenance, help with harvesting, assisting teachers with their classroom gardens...contact Rosemary Ponnekanti 761-8324 if you are interested.
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Green Schools Committee
The very successful Green School Committee meets about every three weeks in Mrs. Murphy's room and is always looking for folks interested in helping out. If you are interested contact, Felicity Devlin 761-8066