Spring Garden Programs begin the second week of March, which means weekly volunteer opportunities!
If you haven’t volunteered with us, please email info@lcschoolgardens.org to tell us particular times you’re available – weekly, monthly, or even annually – every hour makes a difference in the lives of kids and families in our community.
Print your own copy: School Gardens Spring 2016
“Ultimately, it is our volunteers who make it possible for students to experience the garden in a meaningful way.”
Whether you are already helping in a school garden, or just thinking about getting your hands dirty, this FREE TRAINING EVENT is for you!
We hope you can attend one of these two (identical) sessions:
Location:
Northlake Elementary
Garden Lab Rm 26 (2nd portable)
2210 Olympia Way
Longview, WA 98632
Enjoy learning and connecting with great people who have a shared passion for kids, gardens, and good food. Snacks provided. Meet the new garden rabbits Sam and Sorrel.
This training is free! All are welcome.
To REGISTER: send an email to ian@lcschoolgardens.org, specify which day works best for you.
See you there – thank you!
The month of October was chock full of fun and goodness in the world of School Gardens. Most months of the year we delight in bringing real food and hands-on learning to hundreds of students on a weekly basis, but do you know what makes October so special?…
Harvest Festivals!
School Garden Harvest Festivals only happen once a year and call for “all hands on deck” to make them work. That means all of our School Garden volunteers, PTO members, staff, AmeriCorps members, parents and many of our board members show up to help. This year, our biggest year yet, nine elementary schools were able to participate.
That means every student at those 9 schools:
…all in their School Gardens.
Once again, none of these opportunities for our local students to experience real food and hands-on learning could happen without the support of so many people and businesses in this community. Thank you!
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Every student at St. Helens had a blast on October 6 and learned a lot about real food at the same time. The Harvest Festival at St. Helens was generously sponsored by Entek. Many thanks to all our volunteers who worked so hard to make it a wonderful day for all.
Email info@lcschoolgardens.org to get in on similar events every year during the month of October.
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“Ultimately, it is volunteers who make it possible for kids to experience the school garden in a meaningful way.”
Whether you are currently volunteering in a school garden or just starting to think about getting your hands dirty… this free training event is for you! Learn simple, effective techniques and strategies for helping kids (and plants!) thrive.
Enjoy learning and connecting with great people who have a shared passion for kids, gardens and good food. Snacks provided. Meet new garden rabbits Sam and Sorrel.
August usually means a break from classes for students, but it’s the time of year when School Gardens are in full swing with summer programs. Summer also provides many opportunities for us to participate in community events around our area and Squirrel Fest is one Longview event not to be missed. All proceeds from Squirrel Fest this year went to Cowlitz County Habitat for Humanity.
School Gardens had a fun set-up in the Kids’ Area at the event this year that included:
– Handing out free garden seeds
– Offering samples of right-out-of-the-oven delicious garden pizza
– Giving visitors a chance to decorate a garden wigwam with hand-drawn pictures of fruits and vegetables
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More than 40 kids and adults gathered early on the 4th of July to decorate the Garden trailers with colorful flowers, herbs and grasses picked fresh shortly beforehand. Once everyone arrived at their place in the parade line, more fresh flowers were used to assemble flower crowns for each person. Everyone looked like a sweet garden fairy! It was a lovely day marching together beneath the tall, shade-giving trees of Longview as the community gathered to celebrate. Seed packets were handed out (in lieu of candy) by students riding in brightly painted wheelbarrows, holding signs and flags that boldly declared “Eat Real Food”. You can be sure that the School Gardens had the most colorful float that day.
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