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The last day for Internet Registration was Apr 7, 2025 12:01 PM.
Grades: K-5th. Let's get outdoors and connect with nature through the garden! Enjoy hands-on and inquiry-based activities with plenty of time for exploration and creativity. Examine the living soil, seeds, parts of a plant, and pollination, as well as learn how to grow your own food. During the final class session, celebrate our garden by preparing and eating a salad that we have grown ourselves! Each week, students will meet in the art room first, enjoy a garden-based snack (raw vegetables, fruit, or sometimes a baked good), and then be led out to the garden with Ms. Sopoci. Pickup will be at the garden located at the far end of the Haisley parking lot and bus loop. Please have students dress in close-toed shoes and clothes that can get a little dirty. During inclement weather, class will be held inside. Instructor: Jennifer Sopoci. 6 classes. No class 4/16, 4/23.
Focus of each week:
Week 1:
Garden safety
Scavenger hunt
Plant peas
Week 2:
Explore soils
Garden bed soil preparation
Plant salad seeds, spring flowers with square foot gardening and hoop house
Week 3:
Garden improvement project (that they will have voted on)
Make / Paint plant id signs
Plant root vegetable cool crops seeds/seedlings
Summer garden plan
Week 4:
Walking "field trip" to the Haisley Woods to explore flora and fauna
Week 5:
Plant summer garden seedlings and seeds
Week 6:
Harvest, clean and eat our salad and celebrate our time in the garden together
Scavenger hunt
4/16 class canceled due to instructor's unavailability. A make-up class is scheduled to May 28th.
Online registration closes at 12 noon two days before the class begins. To register after online registration has closed (depending on class availability), please call 734-994-2300 ext. 0.
Grades
Kindergarten - 5th Grade
Location
HAISLEY ROOM 109 - ART at Haisley Elementary
Instructor
Jennifer Sopoci
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