Glen Rock Community Garden Program Material Samples 2011 ...
Glen Rock Community Garden Program Material Samples
2011 Growing Season Harvest Report During the first growing season at the Garden,twenty plots were harvested. These included string beans, lettuces, eggplants, zucchinis, radishes, kale, potatoes, beets and peas. Our most unusual vegetable was tomatillos. Green peppers and tomatoes did not do well last year. Our only insects last year were digger bees who mostly pollinated the garden. Over the winter, beneath plastic hoop houses, we grew kale, Swiss chard, radishes, spinach, and lettuce. During the 2012 growing season our garden has increased by nine gardeners and gardeners have become a little more adventurous. We are now growing all of the above as well as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, cabbages and again vagrant tomatillos. The tomato plants are thriving this year. Kiwi plants and a grape that were planted last year have so far not yielded fruit. We are struggling with rabbits this year and a woodchuck who has been witnessed climbing over a seven foot fence topped with barbed wire.
Educational Activities A number of the plants used in the Community Garden this growing season were started at Glen Rock High School. The Environmental Studies teacher integrated this project into her curriculum, teaching students about the basics involved in selecting seeds, providing the correct environment for the seeds, starting seeds, and caring for the plants. Seeds and pots were provided by the Garden and grown in the school's greenhouse. In the middle of May about 120 pepper, eggplant, and tomato plants were divided between the gardeners. We hope this will be an on-going partnership between the High School and the Garden. An outgrowth of this is a recent partnership developing between members of the Garden and one of the local elementary school's efforts to begin a small garden next to the school. A spring crop of peas will be followed by autumn crops and an effort to grow vegetables beneath hoop houses into the winter months. The Community Garden held an Open House late in the summer of 2011 to introduce members of the community to the Garden and to share in some of the harvest. Children attending the event were led through the garden and asked to find as many vegetables as they could. This game of hide and seek was an eye opener for the children who were genuinely surprised to learn how vegetables grew.
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2011 Growing Season Harvest Report During the first growing season at the Garden,twenty plots were harvested. These included string beans, lettuces, eggplants, zucchinis, radishes, kale, potatoes, beets and peas. Our most unusual vegetable was tomatillos. Green peppers and tomatoes did not do well last year. Our only insects last year were digger bees who mostly pollinated the garden. Over the winter, beneath plastic hoop houses, we grew kale, Swiss chard, radishes, spinach, and lettuce. During the 2012 growing season our garden has increased by nine gardeners and gardeners have become a little more adventurous. We are now growing all of the above as well as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, cabbages and again vagrant tomatillos. The tomato plants are thriving this year. Kiwi plants and a grape that were planted last year have so far not yielded fruit. We are struggling with rabbits this year and a woodchuck who has been witnessed climbing over a seven foot fence topped with barbed wire.
Educational Activities A number of the plants used in the Community Garden this growing season were started at Glen Rock High School. The Environmental Studies teacher integrated this project into her curriculum, teaching students about the basics involved in selecting seeds, providing the correct environment for the seeds, starting seeds, and caring for the plants. Seeds and pots were provided by the Garden and grown in the school's greenhouse. In the middle of May about 120 pepper, eggplant, and tomato plants were divided between the gardeners. We hope this will be an on-going partnership between the High School and the Garden. An outgrowth of this is a recent partnership developing between members of the Garden and one of the local elementary school's efforts to begin a small garden next to the school. A spring crop of peas will be followed by autumn crops and an effort to grow vegetables beneath hoop houses into the winter months. The Community Garden held an Open House late in the summer of 2011 to introduce members of the community to the Garden and to share in some of the harvest. Children attending the event were led through the garden and asked to find as many vegetables as they could. This game of hide and seek was an eye opener for the children who were genuinely surprised to learn how vegetables grew.
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