Fall Gardeners

The fall garden season has gotten off to a great start!

Here are some shots of Ms. Tabaracci's 4th grade class planting their colorful garden plot.

Mrs. Petisca's first graders are enjoying weekly visits to the garden to tend and taste...

...and get in touch with the Earth!

Sunflower Guessing Game - Results are in!

Congratulations to

Giulia

from Ms. Kruse’s class…

…for her winning guess of 1,231 seeds in the sunflower guessing game at the Family Picnic in the Garden!

The giant sunflower had 1,331 seeds.

Giulia received a copy of 

‘Yucky Worms’ by Vivian French!

Photos from the Family Picnic in the Garden!

 Thanks to all the families that came out to the Family Picnic in the Garden on October 10!

 The weather held out for us, and lots of families turned out.

We enjoyed hot cider,

 and visiting with friends, old and new.

 One teacher brought his baby, who seemed not to notice all the attention he got.  

Here, he "meets" Principal Noonan!

 Sadie and Hadley entertained us with some great fiddle music.

 And they were joined by some other talented musicians, too.

 How to make s'mores for a crowd?  They figured it out!

 A happy Josie gets a s'more from Mrs. Noonan.

How many seeds are in this giant sunflower head?  Lots of students took guesses, ranging from 25 to 3 million!

Stay tuned for the winner...

Family Garden Days

Our after-school garden sessions are lots of fun!

Thank you to all the families who turned out for work and play at our last session, and mark your calendars for next time:
Monday, October 28 from 3:30 to 5:00. 
There will be some building projects, including building 2 new raised beds!  Stop by for any amount of time.

Here, our friend Lucia is running by, delivering an earthworm to her class plot during our last after-school garden session.  Lucia and other friends discovered an abundance of worms in the compost donated by Falmouth Academy, and busied themselves with relocating them to their own plots.  They know worms are good for gardens!  You may have also seen Lucia and her little brother Miguel in the Falmouth Enterprise, working on this kid-invented worm relocation project.

Fall Family Picnic on Thursday, 10/10!