The Garden Classroom
Strawberry Potting On with the Seedlings
Today the seedlings and Tracie went over to the greenhouse to check on their strawberry seeds. Georgia said she thought there will be loads of strawberries all ready to eat! Tracie said it was too early in the year for strawberry picking, we just want strong healthy plants at the moment. We opened the door…
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Every Saturday morning and my day off, first thing I always do is stick the kettle on, get the tea pot out and pop in a bagel to toast. I then go into the snug and pour out my first cuppa of the day (and I have quite a few!!) Next it’s feet up, cat…
Recycling and Growing Seeds
It was wet and windy today so we decided to stay indoors to sow our seeds. We used items out of our Recycling bin to fill up with soil and sow the seeds. Martha found this egg box and said she thought it would be good to sow individual seeds. Ivor said we might be…
Icy Outdoor Play
On our walk around the garden today we found everything had turned to ice! Theo pointed to the spade and Fearne tried to pick it up. When we carefully moved the spade we saw it had left a print in the ice in the shape of a spade! We decided to look around the garden…
Hand Picked Flower Printing
While we were all out it the garden, the Little Seedlings kept trying to pick the pretty flowers. We made it into an activity by making some amazing flower prints on fabric and paper. First we got some cotton napkins, placed the flowers on one side and folded the napkin in half to cover the…
Garden Challenge 2021: Tracie’s Focus Area
Tracie has a lot of nooks and crannies where she grows in her garden and she has decided to use the back end of the garden (where she gets the most sun!) for her growing challenge.
Garden Challenge 2021: Gemma’s Garden
Here is Gemma’s garden on a sunny day in February! Let’s get digging!
Garden Challenge 2021
We are three generations of gardeners starting a gardening challenge to see the difference in the ways we garden and grow! We will all have the same seeds and grow them in our own ways. We will give regular updates and are looking forward to sharing the results. Follow the Garden Challenge with our hashtag…
Our Garden Plans – Rainbow Colours!
This year the theme in our ever-changing garden will be a rainbow explosion of colours to represent our hard-working Key Workers. So far we have looked through gardening magazines to find various plants we could use. All the children have chosen their favourite colours and plants, which we will incorporate within the two gardens. Our…
Pumpkin Printing
Following our lovely activity with leaf printing we decided it would be good to use the baby pumpkins, that Georgia kindly brought in, to make pictures. Tracie set the activity up and the children loved it so much they wanted to print on other materials. When we had finished, Leo asked if we could make…
Tracie's Treasures 