It's turning into summer

As the weather warms, we are getting some hints of the summer season ahead.  School gardens have been preparing and planting out the essentials.

We have a fair bit of thanks to give out.  Over the last month many generous souls have donated their time and seedlings to the Kids Growing programme.

A big thank you to Burnadette from Otematata who donated many tomato plants.  Kat Mac from Kowhai BnB in Duntroon who donated strawberry plants and goji and raspberry plants. St Vincent de Paul donated a big beautiful blue teapot for the communtiy gardens so we can make herb teas to enjoy.

Project Oamaru have donated a cast iron pan for us to cook in the school gardens. Think vege and herb omelets and berry pancakes!

Hi flo plumbling has lent us there wonderful hot windowsill on Thames Street.  Here the Kids Growing programme has been able to start tomatoes for the School Gardens. 

Also Topflite seed company have generously donated a big bag of sunflower seeds that have made there was into many school gardens, pockets and plots at home.

So a very big thank you to the generosity of our community members and businesses that have donated to the Kids Growing Project.

In Kids Growing news.  Duntroon School Garden Club students have been making seed containers so seeds are dry and safe from mice in the shed.

 Students enjoyed going home with a selection of seeds and the latest kids gardening magazine

 Students have been enjoying taste testing the purple broccoli

St Joseph's School Garden Club Co-ordinator is Suzie.  She brought her wee pup Lou Lou to help out.  Here is a wee video of  Lou lou staring at St Josephs school

This week students also got planting the Topflite sunflower seeds infront of the staff room.

Weeding was completed

 Courgettes and tomato plants from Hiflo's windowsill were planted

Pembroke School Garden is looking good, especially the salad bar

At the end of Garden Club we have been making salad wraps with mint, kale and chives rolled in a leaf of lettuce

Students also chopped in the green manure crop to give nitrogen back to the soil for the tomatoes. Jade the co-ordinator of Pebroke School Garden helps students

Pembroke Garden Club about to plant the hiflo tomatoes.

Thanks Hiflo for your sunny windowsill!

Fenwick School are enjoying their pallet wall garden.  The strawberries are blooming. Ruby gives them a good water

 We are so pleased to have parent help Mel come on board to help out.  Here she helps students plant out

 Great to have Lucianne, extreem weeder, tackling the biggest weeds in the garden this week, doing an amazing job.

Weeding and planting out!

We encourage students and their families to come to the Community Gardens in Chelmer street on Fridays 5-7pm over summer, to partake in Pizza Friday's. W

e light the wood fired pizza oven and for $5 for adults or $2 per child they can enjoy a pizza, fun, music and games in the garden.

We also have some fun parties coming up as part of the Heritage Celebrations, be sure to come along.