WOW!
Those salmon fry sure know how to fly away...
Thank you Mr Smathers for an 'OSM' experience!
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, April 24, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sunflower Planting Party
6:15-7:15 Tuesday April 16th
Come plant seedlings that will be for sale at the Trunk Sale on April 27th.
'Many hands get things done, half the work and twice the fun!'
contact seedgarlic@gmail if you're interested in helping
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Nice Hyacinths! Tupper Plant Swap
In the wet days of fall, we collected free bulbs from Queen E Park and City Hall, through our Green Streets Program Connections. Thanks to May, Shera, Andrea, Lisa and Jennifer, we are now witnessing our efforts - Look on the Boulevards for pink, white and purple hyacinths.
Be SURE to get your nose up close - they are super sweet.
If you are a K parent, check out the daffodils in the annex boxes and garden along the annex on 27th.
The bulbs they planted last year are blooming. And their sunflower seeds are already showing their seed leaves!
Tupper Greenway is located on the north side of Tupper Secondary School.
Some Wolfe students are in the Tupper catchment.
Wolfe PAC is a member of the City of Vancouver Green Street Program, and we have access to free compost and we can trade plants! They have info tables for you to ask questions (about anything plant related), and the students participate as well. Even if you are not a gardener, but your child is considering Tupper, its a way to see the school spirit in action.
If you feel like digging beforehand, we have some short Oregon Grape to give away (an indigenous spreading shrub). Tall Oregon Grape in the back gardens (flowering yellow now) makes purple berries in the fall which make great jam!
Be SURE to get your nose up close - they are super sweet.
If you are a K parent, check out the daffodils in the annex boxes and garden along the annex on 27th.
The bulbs they planted last year are blooming. And their sunflower seeds are already showing their seed leaves!
Green Street Plant Swap
http://tuppergreenway.com/
Saturday April 20th
1-4pm
Saturday April 20th
1-4pm
Tupper Greenway is located on the north side of Tupper Secondary School.
Some Wolfe students are in the Tupper catchment.
Wolfe PAC is a member of the City of Vancouver Green Street Program, and we have access to free compost and we can trade plants! They have info tables for you to ask questions (about anything plant related), and the students participate as well. Even if you are not a gardener, but your child is considering Tupper, its a way to see the school spirit in action.
If you feel like digging beforehand, we have some short Oregon Grape to give away (an indigenous spreading shrub). Tall Oregon Grape in the back gardens (flowering yellow now) makes purple berries in the fall which make great jam!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Moving a Little Mountain in Little Mountain :-)
Sunday March 24th
3-5pm
moving soil
transplanting bronze fennel and sorrel
a bit of pruning...
An Ontario home north of King Ed donated some soil - we will be in between the house and the school. We have wheelbarrows and wagons and pruners and trowels.
Bring a shovel if you have one - and some muscle and sunglasses!
It's free, fun and a great way to work up an appetite for Sunday dinner
Pick up trucks welcome!
RSVP generalwolfegardens@gmail.com
3-5pm
moving soil
transplanting bronze fennel and sorrel
a bit of pruning...
An Ontario home north of King Ed donated some soil - we will be in between the house and the school. We have wheelbarrows and wagons and pruners and trowels.
Bring a shovel if you have one - and some muscle and sunglasses!
It's free, fun and a great way to work up an appetite for Sunday dinner
Pick up trucks welcome!
RSVP generalwolfegardens@gmail.com
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Sun is Coming...
The Vancouver Sun, that is... to do a story on happiness and our sunflower project.
Now, that's something to be happy about :-)
That, and our new 'Money Penny' plant had about 3 dozen babies.
And we found a 'snail grotto' of 14 snails in the bee and butterfly garden.
Build it and they will come!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Take the Challenge
Have you noticed the hallway near Ms Collin's class?
April is be Kind to the Environment Month at Wolfe!
Hopefully you can see their iPad video they made about their apple a day challenge.
Apples come in their own 'wrapper' = No garbage, makes compost, locally grown in BC!
Friday, March 1, 2013
Heroes of All Ages
From Tupper to Wolfe
With the help of Grade 11's at Tupper and many Grade 7's from Wolfe, we unloaded wood for our garden bed design.
Well done, everyone!
Thanks especially to Russ Evans and Cyrus for suburb rope tying teamwork :-)
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