Robert Gordon Elementary school has incorporated a Garden Mesh Netting for their plants to keep away the bugs and unwanted creatures. What a great idea! Using plant nets is a great way to keep plants safe from harsh weather conditions and provide frost protection. Using these nets helps you ensure that there are enough water and sunlight reaching the plant.
Thank you to all the staff and students involved in this garden.
Not only does Roselle Park Middle School have a beautiful garden, they also have incorporated a sensory garden!
A sensory garden is all about stimulating and engaging the five senses: sight, smell, sound, touch, and taste. One way in which this garden does this is by growing lavender.
Lavender has been around for over 2,500 years and is a common ingredient in topical applications and oils for aromatherapy.
Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA has welcomed us for a tour of their unique garden!
While there are many unique and fascinating plants throughout all the garden we have visited, there’s one in this YMCA that caught our eye.
Can anyone guess what it’s called?
Hint: It’s the pink plant pictured below.
Washington Elementary School Garden from May – June
Union County Commissioner Sergio Granados and Commissioner Joe Bodek toured and helped harvest garlic at the Linden School No. 4 Garden. The garlic in particular is a student favorite—and these plants that the students harvested were later donated to local senior residents of the Ann J. Ferguson Towers.
Thank you for the invite!
Once again, Juan Pablo Duarte School No. 28 have amazed us with their garden.
Not only do they have a variety of vegetables, fruits, and flowers growing, they have also incorporated a story walk.
What is a story walk?
A story walk is a trail with pages from a children’s book displayed for people to read as they walk.
School No.28 has incorporated this idea by placing a story walk along their growing garden!
Thank you to all the staff and students who are involved in maintaining this amazing garden.
Winfield School No.2 is growing their very own cucumbers!
Not only can a single vine produce 25-125 cucumbers, cucumbers were thought to be poisonous when they first originated!
Thank you to all the staff and students who are involved in maintaining this beautiful garden.
Staff and students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School No.52 in Elizabeth have welcomed us to their garden!
We want to thank all who were part of this but also all who will be maintaining the garden during the summer times so that the kids can see the fruition of their hard work.
Union County Commissioner Sergio Granados and Union County Commissioner Michèle Delisfort toured the Eleanor R. Erickson Park Community Garden in Union!
Eleanor R. Erickson Park Community Garden is one of the few gardens to have insect hotels. These are manmade structures created to provide shelter for insects. These insect houses can be helpful to insects during the winter as a means of a safe nesting place or hibernation but also in the hot summer days to cool off. Because these “hotels” attract insects, many gardeners include them in their garden as a way to increase insect pollination. Who knew?!
Did you know that there are hot banana peppers being grown in Elizabeth?
Well we’re here to tell you that they are being grown at none other than Toussaint L-overture- Marquis de Lafayette School No.6!
Fun Fact: Hot banana peppers are also known as Hungarian wax peppers. They are medium hot peppers that are hotter than jalapeños and can have a Scoville scale of 1,000 to 15,000 units. That’s really hot!
