Hollin Meadows Garden

[Bucknell Elementary PTA @PTABucknell]

You can now follow the @BucknellElem Community Garden on Twitter! 🐦 This project would now have been possible without the support of our partners @GrandInvolve @BryantFCPS @LaportaMs @ArcadiaFood @FCPSR3 @theWPboard @HMESOutdoorEd & @PTAHMES!

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

@PTAHMES @HmesPartnership @HollinMeadowsES @Marycharlton8 And Jennie our farmer volunteer!

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

We harvested 80# food this morning! Our volunteer Don has always wanted to run a veggie cart handing out veggies, so we loaded the produce in a cart and he handed it out to our custodial staff! @HmesPartnership @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

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[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

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[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

@PTABucknell @BucknellElem @BryantFCPS @FCPSR3 @fcpsGet2Green @TheKarenHertel @Karen4Schools Oh my gosh it looks GREAT!! Yall have been working hard!

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

I had several students come to the garden today to take a break. Some wanted to talk and weed. Some just wanted a quiet moment. I’m grateful that our garden space is a safe haven for our students and our staff when things feel tough. @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES @HmesPartnership

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

My Wednesday volunteers not only showed up but crushed it today mulching the tomatoes and okra and weed wacking. Controlling the things we can ❤️ @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES @HmesPartnership

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

Bucknell’s new garden is looking BERRY good! Super impressed with their hard work creating their new garden space ❤️

[Bucknell Elementary PTA @PTABucknell]

Ohhh @BucknellElem! Look 👀 what's growing in our new Community Garden! 🍓🍓 🌱
@GrandInvolve @Arcadia @HMESOutdoorEd @fcpsGet2Green
#BucknellStrong 💙

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

So touched to receive this yesterday and proud of the programs we have at Hollin Meadows and the work we do both with our students and our families. @PTAHMES @HmesPartnership @HollinMeadowsES

[Hollin Meadows ES PTA @PTAHMES]

Very proud of our PTA! Our collective efforts to support our students, families, teachers and school were acknowledged with 4 @nova_pta awards today. We appreciate it! @HollinMeadowsES @Marycharlton8 @ErinAnderson33 @HMESOutdoorEd @VirginiaPTA @Karen4Schools

[Hollin Meadows ES PTA @PTAHMES]

Join us! This Sunday is our May Second Sunday in the garden. May 15, 10:00-1:00pm. Main job is mulching out front-bring your wheelbarrows and rakes! @HollinMeadowsES @HMESOutdoorEd @HmesPartnership

[Mary Charlton @Marycharlton8]

Our littlest students are loving the new teepee! @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES @HmesPartnership

[Mary Charlton @Marycharlton8]

We made a teepee! I told my volunteers that I wanted a teepee trellis for luffa and Don said “ok I’m on it” and showed up with a 17 ft masterpiece all ready to assemble! Jennie our other volunteer also helped and within minutes it was up and braced! @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES

[Mary Charlton @Marycharlton8]

Almost 10# lettuce harvested yesterday! It will all go to local families! @HollinMeadowsES @HmesPartnership @PTAHMES

[Mary Charlton @Marycharlton8]

Love when we get to work with other schools! @BucknellElem has been such a fun partner this year. Trading ideas and watching them build their own garden has been so fun. I was so excited to get to share some of our seedlings to help out in a tiny way! @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

Made bird feeders with @RansomRockets this week! Their excitement and enthusiasm is a highlight of my week! @PTAHMES @HollinMeadowsES @HmesPartnership

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

We harvested over 20# hakurei turnips out of ONE bed this week with our first graders! Love having them learn about seed to fruit and then seeing it in action!! @PTAHMES @HmesPartnership @HollinMeadowsES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

We learned about the various species of carnivorous plants with Mr. Shada’s class today and then students got to make their own carnivorous plant! @HmesPartnership @PTAHMES @HollinMeadowsES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

First grade has been learning about plant parts and seed dispersal this week. My favorite seed dispersal example - this bed is entirely volunteer plants that grew from the plants that were here last summer!! @HmesPartnership @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES