Garden Adventures Grow Eat and Learn in your Schoolyard VAEE VAST 2013 reduced file size

Overview  •  Introduc/on  •  Garden  Adventures  A4er-­‐School  Club  •  Goals:  Grow  food,  health  and  nutri/on  •  Plan  and  site  set  up  •  Typical  session  •  Project  examples  

•  Resources  for  growing  food,  gardening  and  nutri/on  educa/on  

       My  Journey  

Arlington  Tradi/onal  School  

Community  Links  

Fall  Garden  Planning  YouTube    (4  mins)  Spring  Garden  Planning  YouTube  (4  mins)  

NB:  VA  7b  Frost  Dates:  first  week  November/first  week  April  

 Garden Adventures

A4er-­‐  School  Enrichment  

Risk  and  Plan  B  

Rules  and  Tools  

Soil  and  Compost  

Water  Access    

Garden ADVENTURES    Typical  Session  

•  Healthy  Snack:  Produce  of  the  Week  •  Story  Time  

•  Nutri/on  and  Garden  Educa/on  •  Garden  Ac/vity  •  Observe  and  Journal  •  Take  Home  

•  Outreach  to  Community  

•  oranges,  celery,  bananas,  avocado,  grapes,  carrots,  strawberries,  rhubarb,  green  veggies,  cantaloupe,  sunflower  seeds,  radishes,  pineapple  

Healthy  Snack  Spring  -­‐  Produce  of  the  Week  

Story  Time  

Story  Time  

Nutri/on  and  Garden  Educa/on  

Tools  

Microscopes  and  Cameras  

Plant,  Harvest  and  Taste  Cool  Weather  Crops  

Plant,  Harvest  and  Taste  Cool  Weather  Crops  

•  Try  –  Le[uce  –  Peas  –  Kohlrabi  –  Radishes  –  Carrots  –  Fava  Beans  –  Kale  –  Strawberries  –  Carrots  

Plant  Hot  Weather  Crops  

•  Try  –  Basil  –  Toma/llos  –  Three  or  Four  Sisters:  •  Squash,  Corn,    

Beans,  Sunflowers  

–  Eggplant  –  Okra  –  Gourds,  Pumpkins  –  Figs  

Plant  for  Pollinators  

Observe  

Journal  

Communicate    Face-­‐to-­‐Face  and  Email  

•  Communicate  with  parents  each  week,  before  and  a4er  the  session  

•  Train  and  mentor  volunteers  

•  Celebrate  with  PTA  and  wider  community  

•  Media  

Communicate  Blog  

•  Arlington  Tradi/onal  School  Garden  Blog  h[p://apsva.us/Page/3592    Then  click  on:  March-­‐  May  2011,  Garden  Adventures  

•  Garden  Adventures  Blog  also  compiled  at  h[p://goo.gl/iwGJym  

Signs  and  Labels  

Harvest  Wheat  Make  Bread  

Bean  Teepee  

Toma/llos  and  Green  Salsa  

Celebrate  

Resources  

•  Garden  Adventures:  Website  Links,  Food  and  Nutri/on  Curriculum,  Story  Time  Books  and  Vegetable  Growing  and  Snack  Tips  through  the  Year  h[p://goo.gl/jhXoJY  

•  Junior  Master  Gardener  Online  h[p://www.jmgkids.us/  

•  Fall  Garden  Planning  YouTube  h[ps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6lADk6Y0Xw  

•  Spring  Garden  Planning  YouTube  h[p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV860C4ShuU  

Try it and see if you like it… •  2013:  project  PLANTS  online    

•  2014/2015:  project  PLANTS  in  print    

Thanks  to  

•  Candice  Shoemaker  •  Erika  Huber  •  Karen  Lewis  •  Arlington  Tradi/onal  School  Students,  Staff,  Parents,  Volunteers  

•  Kansas  Coopera/ve  Extension  •  Virginia  Coopera/ve  Extension  

Please  contact  me  at  

Mary  Van  Dyke  maryvandyke4@gmail.com

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To  our  Health,  Growing  Food  and  Community!