Thursday, June 11, 2015

Last Friday Garden Club

Our pizza garden is still growing, but we'll have some already made to share with our keen young gardening friends.  Check out our tomatoes, quinoa, flax, peas, beans, borage, sunflowers, peppers, kale, radishes, oats and barley growing... amazing!

Last Garden Club is Friday June 12th from 3:15-4:15.

Pizza will be served to all Garden Club active members.
Other families welcome to join in.  
Bring snacks and have a fun summer after school social time!

We will be:
  • planting the remaining seedlings
  • transplanting apple trees
  • digging holes
  • working on signage
  • moving wheelbarrows of soil
  • and, of course, watering the plants and sometimes each other!

HUGE thanks to Laura McCann, our Master Gardener.
She has been at almost every Friday session since April, as well as in some classrooms
Thanks also to the garden elves who have mysteriously been replanting from the damage :-)

Summer Watering Families Wanted:  contact lisamscott@telus.net

Handy Person Wanted:  to seal our composters for the summer contact tamaraelke@me.com

Free Wood:  leftover lumber from our build is available.  Come see us Friday after school

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Growing Grains + Friday Fun

Rainbow Qunioa, Oats, Barley, Flax by Jack!
We are experimenting with some colourful grains in our small planter boxes.
Our lovely beds are painted with bed letters A-L thanks to Sarah, Alaina, Josie and our Master Gardener super volunteer Laura.  All the beds are full with teacher and garden club activities!








Next week we take over the lasanga bed, move some apple trees and lay down some wheat!

No club Friday May 15th, but after that we'll see you every Friday after school until at least June 10th

Thanks to Ms Andrews class who will be watering our 'pizza garden' seedlings.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Happy EveryDay is Earth Day!

Friday afternoons have never been better!
3:15-4:15 weekly until June 10th

The students are getting so much done so quickly!
We've planted borage, sunflowers, sweet peas, tomatoes, chives and more!



Thursday, April 9, 2015

Dig School on Fridays!

Dawn is starting us off with Grow Your Own Pizza ingredients!
tomatoes, onions, herbs and more... start the trays in the library and watch them grow.
We also have some grains to experiment with - wheat, quinoa and more.
Join us every Friday afternoon 3:15-4:15 until June 12th


Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Friday Garden Club

Fridays April 10 - June 12th  3:15-4:15

Meet you in the Garden!   NEW Friday After School Garden Club

Families of all ages welcome to come help plant, grow, water, dig... well, you get the idea!
We have a naturalized play area and 11 Green Street Boulevards that are unique to Wolfe.

Parents (and grandparents!) of primary students are especially encouraged to come out, as we have several active parents with intermediate students.  No green thumb needed.  Tools supplied.




Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Support = Green Light!





Over the past 5 years, the Wolfe Grounds Committee has received funds from

  Vancouver Foundation
  Toyota Evergreen
  TD Canada Trust
  Salt Spring Coffee
  Home Depot donations
  Think and Eat Green, UBC
  Wolfe Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
  
Thank you to
  1. Organizations for believing that kids, plants and education go together
  2. Parents for going to all our events, like the Silent Auction 
  3. Teachers who host classroom visits and lead Green Team
  4. Students who are getting ready for the Walkathon!
Financial support is much more than money - it's a way of saying Go Green and make the world a healthy, integrated, tactile place with a connection to land, food and each other.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Garden Group Meeting

Monday March 2nd
6:45-7:45
Location: the Grind

Everyone interested in helping plan our 2015 season please come and participate.  No green thumbs required.  We especially encourage K and primary parents to get involved this year in our newly constructed garden beds!

RSVP tamaraelke@me.com