Mize Elementary dug in deep this Spring and reaped the benefits, with a bountiful harvest at the end of the school year! Their garden steward, Ms. Andrews, has been a superstar in her efforts to ensure gardening success. She attended our Spring planting demonstration, here at KCCG, and took those lessons back to school. Not […]
SYG is excited to announce that this season we’ll have Harvest Party Kits available for schools to check out…for FREE! Harvest parties are a wonderful way to celebrate the end of a garden season and a fun way for students to sample the veggies they’ve grown in simple recipes. There are 3 kit options available – […]
The Olathe East High School Interpersonal Skills (IPS) class sees gardening as an integral part of their curriculum. The IPS program combines students with disabilities with peer mentors to learn social and other real-life skills. Hands-on gardening can provide lessons in science, math, cooking, communication and more. The school partnered with the Kansas City Community […]
This week’s Schoolyard Gardens school spotlight is Tomahawk Elementary, located in Overland Park, KS. Fifth grade teacher, April Cremer does a wonderful job incorporating the garden into math and science lessons as well as teaching important hands-on skills such as cooking. I asked April what her experience has been like teaching from the garden and […]
It’s fall ya’ll! All that hard work you put into planting, watering, weeding, mulching and warding off pests can now be rewarded with eating the produce you’ve grown. Celebrating your harvest can be something as simple as a One Bite Lesson where students make their own sample size portion of a quick and easy recipe […]
As growing season comes to an end, the garden to do list become shorter and we take inventory of 2019! In 2019, Schoolyard Gardens welcomed 17 new schools to the program. Making a grand total of 220 schools enrolled and actively gardening! This means 17,225 students learned about plant life, nutrition and trying fresh fruits […]
Did you know that sweet potatoes are the most sensitive vegetable to freezing temperatures? If left outside in the cold the tubers become mealy and inedible. On the day Southwood Elementary planned to harvest their sweet potatoes, they were very aware that they only had a small window of time before that evenings freezing temperature […]
I arrived to Troost Elementary LINC to plant fall veggies on an especially humid August afternoon, and was greeted by students who were ready to garden…In their pajamas (for school spirit week, of course!). My initial weeks of AmeriCorps service were filled with many firsts but until arriving at Troost Elementary, I would have never […]
The air is crisp, the leaves are changing, fall is finally here! Depending on where your garden grows, your vegetables may have experienced a light frost over the weekend, which means, if you haven’t already, it’s time to harvest your summer vegetables. Your fall vegetables might be ready for harvest as well. They can stand […]
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…Harvest Party Time! While planting the seeds and transplants and watching them grow is half the fun (and a worthy educational endeavor), the other half of the fun is eating all of the fresh veggies! Throughout the growing season, we recommend that schools and students taste the […]
