Garden Planning!

Hi teachers and families! When we return to school it will soon be time to plant in our classroom garden beds. I have attached a garden plan for kids to draw their ideas for their class gardens. It can also be used to design a garden at home if your family is thinking about doing some planting together.
Have fun! Any families who want to share their child's garden ideas, take a photo and email to me at
deborah_davies@bedfordps.org and I will post them on the blog. Happy planning!

Click on the photo above to copy the planner into a word document and then you can print it out!

What to do Outside With Your Kids!

Spring is Coming!

Spring is almost here and soon we will all be back at school and can begin working in our beautiful Davis garden once again! Last year due to the construction at Davis the garden wasn't accessible but this spring we have a dedicated group of parent volunteers who are excited to help us clean out the beds and get them ready for our eager gardeners to get planting!
Tasks parents will help us with are: clean out the classroom garden beds if teachers want help, clean up the paths in and around the beds, clean up around the garden's fence inside and out to make it easy for kids to do some planting and anything else we need to do to get ready.
I'll try and keep you updated on our spring garden progress so stay tuned to our blog!

Pumpkin Exploration in First Grade

The first graders in Mrs. Harary and Mrs. Davies' classes explored pumpkins on Friday. They used their senses as well as other scientific tools to make and record their observations.

Getting Started in the Garden

Welcome back to school! We are fortunate to have a lovely garden at Davis consisting of 20 raised beds. Many classrooms have a full bed in which to plant while other classrooms share their bed. If you are interested in planting, take a walk out to the garden (behind our school) and find a class with a garden bed you can work with during the year. Classroom numbers are on the outside of each bed to make it easy to identify who it belongs to.

For planting help, ideas and fun please visit the slideshow below! Happy gardening!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Z8GOOxqQDZGwJAbLc2DCs2qKIT3VQ4kpForP-yi_MqY/edit?usp=sharing

Kids and teachers want to share our garden rules so everyone can help take care of this special place!



                                       
                                                          Davis Garden Rules

                                                                   ～～～～～～～～～

                                                   Always walk in the garden.
                                           Stay on the paths.
                                     Pick only with permission.
                             Garden only in your classroom bed.
                You can sit on the wood frames of the garden beds 
                                            but do not stand.
                                          Use tools carefully.
                            Put all tools back in the shed neatly.
                                 Weeds go in the compost bin.
                             Do not climb or lean on the fence.
                Plants in this garden are for Davis students only.
                            Birds are living in our bird houses...
                                   please do not disturb them.
                       Observe, measure, explore, discover, enjoy!


                                                          

Davis School Garden

Our garden has flourished this summer-both in flowers and weeds! Looking forward to getting classrooms out in the garden again to clean it up and then plant for a spring harvest!