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
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. Iโm grateful that our garden space is a safe haven for our students and our staff when things feel tough. @HollinMeadowsES@PTAHMES@HmesPartnership
My Wednesday volunteers not only showed up but crushed it today mulching the tomatoes and okra and weed wacking. Controlling the things we can โค๏ธ @HollinMeadowsES@PTAHMES@HmesPartnership
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
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
We made a teepee! I told my volunteers that I wanted a teepee trellis for luffa and Don said โok Iโm on itโ 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
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
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
We learned about the various species of carnivorous plants with Mr. Shadaโs class today and then students got to make their own carnivorous plant! @HmesPartnership@PTAHMES@HollinMeadowsES
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