As part of the BBG partnership, students from 753K @ Aveyron Transition Academy make visits to the garden and take care of their plants in school. They also work at Mount Prospect Park doing cleaning and maintenance. As you can see, sometimes they get to take a break to smell the roses!
Check out some photos of the students from 233Q @ Metro High School as they prepare their tower garden, plant seeds, and harvest herbs for a snack!
The students at 811Q @822 in St. Albans, Queens W.O.R.K. hard in the garden.
We are
Willing when we use our voices to talk to our friends.
On Task when we harvest swiss chard.
Responsible when we do our work to sort and package vegetables.
Kind when we help our friends.
At 177Q, Ms. O’Donnell received a Literacy Grant from NY Agriculture in the Classroom to develop, plan and provide instruction on raising chickens!
“Here at 177Q we have watched our chicks grow into chickens but we’ve seen our students grow as empathic and engaged young adults. Whether we are mucking their coop or just spending time with them, the love shared between our 8 chickens and our school community is palpable. We love Nugget, Parmesan, Kit Kat, Dumpling, Popeye, Meatball, Flash and Queen Elizabeth, we are so eggcited to watch them grow.” – Ms. Alanna O’Donnell, 177Q
Students from 721X at work in the garden and showing off their harvest
754X has such a big hydroponics lab that they have their own website! Check out the photos of their beans, cucumbers, collards, tomatoes, and recent lab redesign. Nice work, garden squad!
The sign says:
National Wildlife Federation
Certified Wildlife Habitat
This property is recognized for its commitment to sustainably provide essential elements of wildlife habitat: food, water, cover and places to raise young
Kudos to Ms. Alanna O’Donnell, Principal Barbara Tremblay and all of the students and staff that maintain the garden!
Chef George paid a visit to 35M @ Beacon last week to help the students prepare a delicious lunch of bean tacos with sauteed zucchini and salsa, and a bok choy salad with blueberry balsamic vinaigrette. Students prepped the zucchini, mixed and pressed the fajita dough from scratch, harvested the bok choy from Mr. Heath’s Tower Garden, and mixed it with salad greens and tomatoes. Yum!
Although our celebration was virtual again this year, check out all of the exciting things that the BBG and NYBG partnership classes have been doing! We had a live celebration on June 10 where students shared about their gardening projects and recent trips to their botanical gardens.
We finally made it to Governor’s Island today, and stopped by the farm. I sorted and filled two (small) bags of compost! (my first time!)
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