Projects, Verner Center for Early Learning
May is planting time for summer veggies. Students have sown seeds and planted starts of lettuce, kale, onions, tomatoes, basil, sunflowers, okra, cowpeas, squash, and gourds. The strawberries have been coming in! We gathered both garden strawberries and the fruits of...
Projects, Vance Elementary School of Ecology
First graders rounded out their year-long mint project/economics unit with a trip to the French Broad Chocolate Lounge. And what a treat that was! Students learned more about the cacao tree and how the seeds inside get turned into that delicious chocolatey goodness....
Montford North Star Academy, Projects
This month sees the completion of the first Pollinator Garden at MNSA and the planting of a number of flower beds around the campus. The pollinator project provided valuable experience for our initial year with the school. Led by Ms. Shannon Baggett, the MNSA team,...
Montford North Star Academy, Projects, Volunteer
Wonderful news this month! The Extension Master Gardener Volunteers of Buncombe County awarded a grant which will cover the cost of all our plant materials for the student-designed pollinator garden. The “To Bee or Not To Bee” project at MNSA is...
Projects, Vance Elementary School of Ecology
As the school of ecology, Vance was excited to celebrate Earth Day on Monday, April 23rd with us. The day kicked-off with a school-wide gathering where students shared in music, recited the Pledge of the Earth and got rallied up for the day. Teachers signed up to...
Projects, Verner Center for Early Learning, Volunteer
Classes began planting out their spouted seed in their class garden bed at Verner. We did some major earth moving for the cistern installations which made for some lovely grubby discoveries. The students love digging – they test and show their strength and...
