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Jessie Beck Garden Club

September 2022

We kicked off our first month in the garden with our Garden Salsa Workshop.  We had 18 classes, almost 400 students, visit the garden.  Our wonderful parent volunteers read "Harvesting Friends/Cosechando Amigos" in both English and Español, and we made a salsa from a recipe in the book.  Most of the students were willing to try the salsa, and many liked it enough to want to make it again at home.  The students were able to see how much the vegetables and flowers that they planted in the spring grew over the summer.  It was wonderful to see them enjoy the beautiful space they created.

Our two worm factories found their homes for the year in Ms. Champagne's and Ms. Condon's classes.  The students will feed and tend to the worms over the winter.  They will get to see how the worms break down compost to create wonderful "Black Gold" worm casts that will help enrich our garden's soil.  We will be learning more about composting in November.

Keep Growing!  Follow us on Instagram @JessieBeckGardenClub 

2021-2022 School Year

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Photos at the beginning of school 2016

GARDEN HISTORY
On a beautiful, sunny day in March 2015, a group of parents and staff built the new beds in our school garden...

Almost half of the classes participated the first season and Hearts and Spades Garden Club was born.


Garden Project Scope: the new Jessie Beck Garden will serve as a space to conduct hands-on outdoor/science learning and provide a community-building activity that is educational and fun.  Students will learn teamwork, responsibility, science, patience, critical thinking, and how to get dirty:).  Come grow with us!!
BEFORE
AFTER (Ms. Harper's 3rd grade class)
Construction team, 3.21.15


​Pictures from 2015, our first harvesting season. 

Dr. Brock's class explored the JB Garden (8/28/15).
Dr. Brock's class harvested veggies for their in-class salad feast (8/28/15)!
Dr. Brock's class washed and prepped veggies for their in-class salad feast (8/28/15).
Dr. Brock's class made salad using JB Garden veggies (8/28/15).
Parent volunteers helped Dr. Brock's class get a taste of "straight from the garden" veggies (8/28/15).
Yum! Dr. Brock's class enjoyed the fruits of their labor (8/28/15).
Ms. Harper's class discovered what's growing in the garden (9/9/15).
Ms. Harper's class learned about and harvested veggies (9/9/15).
Harvested veggies were shared with faculty and staff (9/9/15).
"THANK YOU!" to Parker Hardscape Supply, Green Earth Landscapes, and Reno Rock for their contributions to the garden project!!


 
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      • Arties
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