Oamaru North School garden club

Oamaru North pupils have been really enjoying hte Kids Growing programme. They are expecting a new school to be built very soon, so we have planted in small concrete tubs and boy have this grown!!

Omelette making and enjoying the garden greens

Omelettes on crackers!

Blamy winter gardening

At Waitaki Valley School we got the garlic planted after the shortest day, We often call it Late Harvest Garlic, so it will be ready in time for the students to harvest it when they return from their summer holidays.

We saved the best and biggest cloves from the garlic they grew here last year. Katie sure in impressed with the big seed garlic.

Maheno School's Garden is booming into spring!

Nearly every week, going to school garden clubs is the highlight. The kids have so much energy, enthusiasm and passion to grow their gardens, it is positively contagious! If you ever think you need a pick-me-up to brighten your week, I would definitely recommend volunteering at your local school garden.

Maheno School has been working to develop and grow their garden area over the past year, and they are already seeing great results! Thanks to a volunteer dad, we have this awesome new tool shed and propagation area for growing our seedlings! "We just chucked everything out of the shed, reorganised everything, cleared the bench to make rooms for seedlings, hosed out the tool shed, and swept," said Organisation Team Leader Gemma. Seedlings planted include trays of pumpkins, broccoli, snow peas, tomatoes, and spuds.

Planting Team: Gemma, James & Hunter

Maheno School received a grant from the North Otago Tree Planting Association to start their fruit orchard, so students have planted a variety of trees including 5 feijoas, apples, and peaches. To help the trees grow, "we added compost and leaves as mulch," said Planting Team Leader Case. Here is a Lil Digger moving compost to the trees:

Here is a photo of the Maheno Garden Club

And our awesome parent helper Nikki with her daughter:

And here is the Supersonic Planting Team... it takes team work to make the dream work!

We are currently looking for volunteers who can help us water the garden over the summer months, so if you live near Maheno School and can help, please get in touch with the school principal Ryan Fraser.