Hollin Meadows Partnership for Outdoor Education

[Hollin Meadows Partnership for Outdoor Education @HmesPartnership]

2022 Hollin Meadows Earth Day Celebration Kicks Off New Phase in School’s Already Robust Outdoor Education Program https://t.co/rJAkOO4WKJ

[Heidi Cox @heidijrc1]

Salad and potatoes harvested in our garden, sweet potato qbread made by our students and served to students and families @HollinMeadowsES @JessBuchanan18 @PTAHMES #OurHMES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

#totallytubulartubers #ourHMES 6th graders harvest a 7 pound sweet potato from our Learning Production garden! We will be using our taters for bread sharing at our Thanksgiving luncheon November 21! #schoolgardens #outdooreducation #kidsgrow

[Heidi Cox @heidijrc1]

6th graders digging up sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving @HollinMeadowsES @JessBuchanan18 #OurHMES

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

First really cold day of the year calls for picking the last of the season’s beans! #schoolgardens #winteriscoming #studentsseedsave #ourhmes

[Heidi Cox @heidijrc1]

6th graders winterizing the garden beds @JessBuchanan18 @HollinMeadowsES #OurHMES @PTAHMES

[Hollin Meadows @HollinMeadowsES]

You may have seen lots of tweets about our amazing school garden, but did you know that we also have a "traffic garden"? HMES has the first school traffic garden in FCPS. Watch this video to find out more about it! https://t.co/n1Bkw4RA6F #bikesafety #pedestriansafety
@FCPSR3

[HM Mrs. Johnson @HMMRSJohnson]

Let the lettuce harvest begin! @JessBuchanan18 @HollinMeadowsES @fcpsGet2Green

[Angela Palma @HM_MsPalma]

Meet the Lettuce Avengers! 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ Protecting our Thanksgiving Lunch salad, one garden bed at a time! Winter weather is not going to freeze our veggies!!

[Ransom Rockets @RansomRockets]

Our Outdoor Education teacher ROCKS!! Rockets had the opportunity to harvest lettuce, radishes and carrots. Who is ready for Thanksgiving Lunch? @HollinMeadowsES @HmesPartnership @PTAHMES @HMprincipal

[c @Mrs_Hanrahan]

We had a great time out in the garden for our weekly garden lesson!

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

23 pounds and 5 ounces of #kidgrown produce came out of our #schoolgarden today and will be making its way to our #saladbar tomorrow! Thanks to @MsMeltonHMES 4th graders and @heidijrc1 for weighing our fruit and converting our total harvest! #schoolgardensrock #gardentocafeteria

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

We call this #celerychomping. Third graders clean out garden beds and plant #kale in prep for our #thanksgiving lunch! Who doesn’t need a little snack when working in the garden?! #kidseatgreen #nomnomnom #schoolgardens

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

#kindergarten uses #sensorydescriptors as they explore their #schoolgarden 🍅 #groundcherriesaresour #tomatoesaretasty

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

#hunting for #monarchs! 2nd grade found eggs and caterpillars to observe! #lifecycle #monarchbutterfly #wearescientists #schoolgardens #outdooreducation

[Hollin Meadows Garden @HMESOutdoorEd]

#teamworkmakesthedreamwork #ourHMES students #reusing by turning #trash into useful garden supplies! #ecobricks #3Rs #collaborationwillchangetheworld

[Heidi Cox @heidijrc1]

More Ecosystem drawings @HollinMeadowsES #OutdoorEducation @JessicaBuchanan

[Mrs.Birns @MrsBirns2]

Second Grade had a blast exploring in our garden today! We picked vegetables, fruits, and flowers! #firstdayfairfax #ourHMES @HmesPartnership @JessBuchanan18 @HollinMeadowsES

[Matt Rivera @RiveraHM3]

Thankful to have these friends volunteering with me to help keep our garden alive this summer!! Watering, weeding and harvesting crops! @HollinMeadowsES @PTAHMES @HMESgardens @HmesPartnership

[Hollin Meadows Partnership for Outdoor Education @HmesPartnership]

$5 suggested donation - Mixed Lettuce harvested from the Hollin Meadows Learning Production Garden THIS MORNING. Cleaning and bagging it in 8oz portions. Let me know if you would like a bag. I can get it to you in… https://t.co/89xvuV7APB