Cranford
Volunteer harvesting our raised bed
Ryan Smith and other volunteers maintained our bed throughout the summer. Ryan gathered the produce and delivered to the local Cranford pantry, Cranford Family Cares.
FSPY Still Growing Strong!
Our square-foot garden is continuing to grow. We have begun to harvest our yellow tomatoes and zucchini squash. Members love them. Cucumbers are huge and our summer camp made several cucumber salads these past few weeks. Zinnias are so pretty!
Plainfield
August Garden Pictures
Here are pictures of the gardens and the vegetables grown in August. The children are still excited about watering and picking the vegetables.
Elizabeth
August Garden Update
We’ve had a busy month in the garden, and all of our hard work is paying off! In August, our dedicated school team members celebrated the first harvest, observing the fruits of their labor.
The garden has been an amazing hands-on project this summer, and we’re so proud of the time and effort the team put in to nurture the plants. We can’t wait to share the harvest with our students when they return!
Roselle
Summer Break!
Hello everyone, I’m writing this from Thailand, where I went for summer break. This is a place of verdant abundance, where everything grows at breakneck speed year round. While our garden at Washington Elementary School is not year round it is certainly a verdant wonderland. I see evidence of seeds I planted, but also evidence of seeds that fell in years past from other gardening efforts. I see squash of some sort next to pink popcorn that I planted. There is a ton of tomatoes and some okra somewhere in that thicket. We had a student come with seeds from his apple that may be reaching for the sky. Our garden is a reminder of life’s indomitable will. Everything on the planet is pushing forward, working with what it has, and finding a place to thrive. I love the overflowing mishmash of plants in our garden, and we look forward to making it better next year.
Elizabeth
August
Our clients love greens!
Roselle
The Roselle Urban Growers
We’ve had some intense weather, but we’re rolling with the punches! Our flowers are looking sharp, our late-summer herbs and veggies are in place, and we’ve started on our fall direct-sow seeds.
Considering this was literally an unused patch of grass three months ago, we’re excited by the progress.
Lead farmer Carlos has been hosting community sessions twice-weekly. The Roselle Urban Growers program is still in its infancy but destined for great things!
Union
ESY Summer Garden Care
The high schools students that attend the Extended School Year program at Battle Hill have been helping to maintain the Garden of Knowledge until the students return in September. They weeded, mowed the lawn, and placed the clippings in the composter. They are looking forward to coming over in September to help the elementary students with their harvest.
New Providence
Keeping the Plants Watered
Students have been watering the sensory garden on a daily basis with this heat.
Elizabeth
July Update: Growing and Learning in Our Preschool Raised Bed Garden
Our raised bed garden continues to thrive this summer! Throughout the month of July, the preschoolers enrolled in the summer program, along with the support of their teachers, have been working hard to take care of the plants. The children water the garden daily, help pull out weeds, and enjoy observing the growth of the vegetables and flowers.
So far, we have seen exciting progress! Many of the plants have grown taller and stronger, and some vegetables are starting to sprout. The students are learning about the life cycle of plants, the importance of sunlight and water, and how to care for living things.
The garden has become a special part of our summer routine, giving our preschoolers a hands-on learning experience that connects them to nature. We look forward to continuing our work in August and celebrating our first harvest soon!
