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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Cultivating Failure-The Controversial Garden Article 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Cultivating Failure-The Controversial Garden Article
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/school-yard-garden
6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Red Herrings Are Not Dinner Food
http://oaklandlocal.com/article/red-herrings-are-not-dinner-food-or-why-caitlin-flanagan-wrong-about-school-gardens
6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Weep or Reap? School Gardens and Learning.
This is a rebuttal to the article in Atlantic magazine.
http://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/school-garden-debate-weep-or-reaphttp://www.ecoliteracy.org/essays/school-garden-debate-weep-or-reap6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Mayor’s Landscape Second Place Award & Community Gardener Potluck
<img class=”size-full wp-image-242″ src=”http://whittierschool.org/whittiergardens/files/2009/11/landscape-awards-09-2.jpg” alt=”The first Youth [...]9 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: October Workdays
We worked through lovely Indian Summer and cold, cloudy days.
<img class=”size-full wp-image-218″ src=”http://whittierschool.org/whittiergardens/files/2009/11/oct-09-workdays-32.jpg” alt=”A former student [...]10 months ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Harvestfest 2009
The weather was cold, wet and blustery, but that didn’t stop us from celebrating Harvestfest. We had tostadas, pizza and cha cha, played 7 Up and generally had a great time!
<img class=”size-full wp-image-208″ src=”http://whittierschool.org/whittiergardens/files/2009/11/harvestfest-09-14.jpg” alt=”Scott, Irene and [...]10 months ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: September 29, 2009 Workday
<img class=”size-full wp-image-197″ src=”http://whittierschool.org/whittiergardens/files/2009/11/9-29-09-08.jpg” alt=”The beans were growing wild!” width=”250″ height=”187″ [...]10 months ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Autumnal Equinox Workday 9-22-09
We started our day with Ms. Laura Caravello’s class planting irises on the parkway. The students utilized simple machines, testing to see which would need less force a hand trowel or a shovel.
<img class=”size-full wp-image-169″ [...]11 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Workday with the Artists
Today was another beautiful September Day. Room 201 got out into the gardens during school. Ms. Laura observed Chief Seattle Garden with the 5th graders as Ms. Claudia worked with the 4th graders, three moms, Ms. Ruthie, and two 5th grade helpers (Sofia and Jorge) to weed the parkway.
Afterschool, Valentin and Natalia worked with Diane [...]11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Classroom Reflections from Laura
Today we talked about what a tomato needs to grow best. The kids came up with “rich soil, sun, regular rain (water), tomato cages, care and attention, manure, and compost (they all identified with composting the fruit peels and their intimate knowledge of “worm poop,” worm castings, thanks to your good work). They were also [...]
11 months, 3 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Getting Started: The Book!
Whittier Gardeners:
I downloaded the book “Getting Started”. It is so inspirational and beautiful. We’ve done a lot of this.
Get the free Getting Started is a 51-page guide designed and published by the Center for Ecoliteracy in collaboration with Life [...]11 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Photos from Colorado
Here is a photo of what our mullein may look like next fall. It is a very important lung plant. The flowers are used in tea and tincture form to combat colds and earaches. It is safe for children. The stalks are also fun to to use for play sword fights and people also used [...]
11 months, 4 weeks ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Wednesday in Xochiquetzal Garden
Irene and I had a second workday this week. Our task was very daunting. We took on the reorganization of the shed!!
I got there around 10:30 am after seeing that I couldn’t work in the science lab because Rose had waxed the floor. I would come back to work there later. I started the shed [...]1 year ago · View
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cgreene wrote a new blog post: Tuesday in Chief Seattle Garden
We had a whirlwind work day on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. five gentlemen from a halfway house on 18th Street helped us. They dug a really deep hole, so we could finally place Nina’s totem pole in Chief Seattle. They (perhaps too zealously) pruned the viburnum, so little kids can run and hide behind it. [...]
1 year ago · View
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We totally transformed the next door Skender garden from a weed-invested jungle to a clean, ready to plant garden.
