Our Woodbrook garden club started about 13 years ago when our PTO gave Mrs. Jackson’s homeroom class money to get started. SInce then, we have been planting throughout the spring, summer and fall.
Who is a part of Garden Club? This year we have about 20 fifth graders on our Garden Club roster, and we have had some fourth graders help out when needed.
Mrs. Jackson will invite fourth graders through a Sign Up Genius link to get a garden club experience or two this spring.
When do we meet? Garden Club currently meets after school on Tuesdays from 2:35-3:30. Fifth grade gardeners are divided into two different groups and garden every other week into the first of November. We will take a winter break and pick back up near the end of March. Then we will garden until the end of the school year. During the summer months, Mrs. Jackson hosts open garden nights once a week for incoming and outgoing fifth graders and family members.
What do we grow? Cold weather plants- spinach, lettuce, kale, sugar snap peas, radishes, and onions.
Spring-summer plants- tomatoes, pumpkins, watermelon, potatoes, peppers, beans, carrots, basil, rosemary, oregano, and mint.
We also maintain Tyler’s garden by planting annuals, flower bulbs and perennials.
Jack Ziegele, an Eagle Scout, is refurbishing the garden beds using cedar planks and adding a new raised bed. He is also repainting the garden sign.
