spring garden workday

We had another great garden workday last week...sunshine and sunny helpers...thanks to everyone who spent their Saturday morning with us- we know how busy everyone is so we really, really appreciate your help...so do the little ones!

We were able to freshen up our mulch and put in some fresh herbs, flowers, and veggies in the front bed- thanks, lauren stubbs, for heading that up! and also to wilson's parents and tyler's parents and grandmother for their help! And, thank you to our friends at 3 porch farm for donating plants to us, and to the parents who dropped some off too!

and kevin yates- from hungry gnome gardenscapes, and dad to jonah & roscoe- cleared out the bed near the seedling classroom and installed 5 donated thornless blackberries- thanks, kevin!

And, don young, aka sophia's dad, built us a little playhouse made from recycled pallets....don, thank you! We love it!

And, lastly, we refilled our sandbox with donated sand and painted the whole length of concrete wall with a fresh coat of paint...perfect for drawing!

The arrow children spent alot of time outside this week enjoying the fresh air, new picnic tables, and their beautified garden space...

Enjoy Spring, everyone!

fe, fi, fo, fum

our Seedlings studied all about seeds recently & you can't learn about seeds without talking about Jack & the Beanstalk...so we read the story, then planted our own magic beans & made our own chia pets.

and then some little leprechauns came by for a visit during their search for gold coins...

morning garden early fall days...

here are some photos from the last few months taken by katie bell:

field trip #4:
blueberry picking!

a field trip to visit to the garden around the corner...

the garden around the corner

while we have been

tending our wee plants

, we have really been getting inspired by the garden around the corner. we took a walk over there a few weeks ago and visited with karen who is the go-getter behind it.

this garden was carved out of a kudzu-covered vacant lot behind some houses and a church by the bare hands of many volunteers from the neighborhood and beyond. it is in its second year of growing. the garden was recently

awarded for its efforts

.

they have a 'museum' of all the artifacts they have unearthed:

gardening!

we planted a small container garden of edibles in front of arrow. the spot faces north, so not the best growing conditions, but the little ones have already discovered the strawberries and mint growing there.