Parent Volunteers Wanted
Spring is already pushing up the bulbs on the Green Street Boulevards!
Before we know it, its time to get the seedlings started.
This year we need parent volunteers, interested teachers to take on a Garden Bed.
If a parent wants to participate in the Friday after school garden club, let us know.
In 2016 , we have an opportunity to join with SPEC (Society for the Preservation of Enviornental Conservation) who has worked with numerous VSB Schools for years.
Despite heroic efforts of Dawn Dunkerly, Libby Taylor, Laura McCann, Julia Steward and a few others, we did not have enough parent involvement to keep the Master Gardener project growing. Thanks to everyone who helped out - the gardens were full last summer.
General Wolfe Elementary School Grounds Committee has had Green Street Boulevards, food gardens and indigenous species naturalized playspaces and outdoor landscaped classrooms. Whole Foods Whole Kids Foundation, Think & Eat Green and our own PAC have contributed to our activities. The Gardens have been part of Wolfe for 25 years and we need new parent volunteers to keep on growing.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Friday, December 4, 2015
Wood gone to a good home
Recently, the Wolfe Girl Guides went to Tupper and made amazing Insect Hostels.
Tupper is taking the wood for garden construction - they made our planters in the teachers parking lot and were installing at Carnarvon last week. Thanks, Russ Evans, you are amazing!
Blooming Indigenous Species!
The native Oregon grape is pushing out beautiful yellow blooms. It's found from California to our own southwest coast. It is a known food source - no poisonous berries here - just good, tart jam making materials come the spring. It's also known as a favourite 'house' for the younger students to play underneath. Located in the naturalized area behind the annex, a unique feature at Wolfe.
This garden is for the birds...
Birds ... and the worms!
This morning about a dozen chickadees were happily moving their way through the food garden and trees. When you create habitat, you create the opportunity for life to flourish in 'our neck of the woods'.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Wood available
Sadly, we've had lots of vandalism this past year. Grade 8 and 9's have been breaking glass, starting fires, and generally leaving the place a mess. We have leftover wood from our recent build and have removed it. If you have a use for it, please let us know. Tamara
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Raking Leaves
The Wolfe PAC is the official care taker of the City of Vancouver Green Street Boulevards.
The annual party in October invites over 500 community gardeners. Anyone is welcome to volunteer and help rake, prune, plant, sweep gravel or tidy up garbage on any day (since we all walk by it regularly :-) Rakes are kept in the maintenance room and we have plenty to go around. Even snowshovels work to keep the streets safe and teachers are welcome to bring their classes outside
The annual party in October invites over 500 community gardeners. Anyone is welcome to volunteer and help rake, prune, plant, sweep gravel or tidy up garbage on any day (since we all walk by it regularly :-) Rakes are kept in the maintenance room and we have plenty to go around. Even snowshovels work to keep the streets safe and teachers are welcome to bring their classes outside
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Flax by Jack!
Flax is a seed we eat, and it makes Linen, a fabric we wear. It is flowering in October
We grew oats, barley, quinoa and flax last summer!
We grew oats, barley, quinoa and flax last summer!
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