So! The BODY Community Garden had a big week last week!
On Thursday we planted seeds with our favorite 4th graders at PS89 and told them all about their upcoming field trips to the garden! The seeds will grow into the seedlings the students will plant during their visit. Each student got to plant at least one seedling, and also learned about macronutrients from BODY's awesome Nutrition Group.
We also planted our own seedling tray to make sure we have enough seeds sprout into seedlings for the students to plant during their field trips. It has only been a week and we already have a TON of progress on our seed growth! We hope the 4th graders are taking good care of their seedlings and are seeing the same results :)
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| Seedlings already starting to sproud |
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| Our greenhouse for the seedlings to get started indoors |
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| Already growing big and strong! |
Also, last week we were so lucky to work with some
wonderful 9th graders from Pelham Lab High School during their Community Action Day. The students helped us plant 4 trees (!! that is a lot of work), plant sunflower, corn and carrot seeds, and clean up the garden. We were so impressed with how helpful, hard working and smart these students were and would be ecstatic to have them come back any day!
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| Students and the new cherry tree they planted |
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| Our new pear tree planted by the 9th graders of Pelham Lab HS |
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| Students and teachers of Pelham Lab HS with the cherry tree |
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| Group picture with some of the students and teachers of Pelham Lab HS |
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| Corn and carrot seeds planted! |
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| Sunflower seeds planted to grow against the fence |
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| New fig tree planted! |
Thank you so much to the students and teachers of Pelham Lab who helped us on Friday! We were so happy with all of the work we accomplished!
We have our first Community Work Day coming up on April 27th, from 12-4pm in the garden to celebrate Earth Week!
We hope you can join us for some sun, fresh air, and garden productivity. We are going to make some repairs to our trellis, lettuce table and strawberry planters, and also plan to make some new additions to the garden.
We hope to see you all then!
Happy Spring!
-Julie
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