Our Garden Blog
What a fantastic Sunday we had at the Panania Mania Harvest Festival. It was great for the Garden Club kids to be part of a real community atmosphere and have an opportunity to network with other schools who also have a passion for gardening. The students got to practise their enterprise and finance skills through the advertising and selling of our garden produce. We sold out of almost everything (our free range eggs were the first to go), and we won both 1st and 2nd prize for “best upcycled art” category, and “most impressive school” category, respectively. What an achievement!
The real icing on the cake, however, is that we raised enough money to pay for a native bee hive to add to and pollinate our garden. It's coming next Thursday, along with Melissa from Sydney Stingless bees, who will help us set it up and instruct us on how to take care of it. I have attached the website to this email for more information about the bees we are getting. Thank you to the parents and students who came to the Harvest Festival to help raise money for our school and allow your kids to "reap what they have sown". Thanks also to Edna, Janet and Catherine for growing and potting plants and herbs for us to sell and to Kristy for helping us set up, sell and pack away. It couldn’t have happened without your help. Lastly, we are getting the slab for our shed poured this Thursday. We are looking for parent volunteers to help assemble the shed for us. If you have any spare time (week days or weekends), please see Mrs Mills or Ms Bassani. Happy Gardening, The Garden Club Team http://www.sydneystinglessbees.com.au/
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Autumn is here and the garden is in fine form after the break. The chooks survived too thanks to the help of the wonderful YMCA staff and the students. We have hit the ground running this term and have already begun painting the signs for our new garden and chook run. Soon the students will be able to put a name to each chook by checking the coloured band, against the corresponding name, on the sign. On Sunday, May 21st RSPS Garden Club will be participating in the Panania Harvest Festival, which is taking place at this year’s Panania Mania Mega Fete. We have been entered into an upcycled garden art competition and will also be running a garden stall to sell some of our wonderful garden produce. I have attached a copy below of the note that went home today with garden club. There's been a lot of work put into our garden and the chickens so far this year, we cannot wait for the kids to start picking some vegetables soon! Happy Gardening, The Garden Club Crew |