2020 Summer nature program
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GARDEN PROGRAM - and PEACE GARDEN
"Planting flowers of hope" for a garden filled with medicine, joy and peace. We have begun our time in the garden together by understanding that we are starting from scratch, with bare, raw land. An almost blank canvas, if you will. How excited we are to build from the ground up. (pun intended;) We discussed our plan and steps on building soil and how it may take us awhile to have ideal soil to work with, and how in the meantime to work with what we have got… which we saw, was a lot! Mother Earth provides what we need, to plant and grow! |
Then, the children took time to introduce themselves to the land, with their name, or a name they felt the earth whispered to them (the creative answers made me giggle lots). They also asked permissions to work the land, as done by many respectful ancient cultures throughout our world.
A group of us began to pull rocks out of our garden beds and found 2 dead potguts. This gave us the opportunity to discuss the cycles of life, death and rebirth. The innate knowledge these young ones had on this subject was astonishing to me. My heart was warmed by the depth they had in this subject, and of course we gave the potguts a proper burial with names for them both, headstones included.
We mulched. weeded and cleaned the greenhouse and beds. We planted our veggies, herbs, medicines and flowers with love and care. We learned the right way to plant things, with good intent and happy vibes. How to water correctly and at the right times of the day. How to use our muscles to haul heavy things, such as soil and mulch, making sure we used the right safe techniques to lift such things.
The littles came and helped fill pots up with soil, and plant seeds. They were very happy to have such a big job and feel connected to the garden.
We built a compost for our garden and learned of its importance and how we can all contribute. Each child took home compostable bags to bring their families food scrapes from home to add. We shoveled the horse manure to the compost, understanding the cycles of how we are all connected, and how our waste and trash can make treasure. We also asked the pot guts to leave our garden alone kindly:)
-Jamie
A group of us began to pull rocks out of our garden beds and found 2 dead potguts. This gave us the opportunity to discuss the cycles of life, death and rebirth. The innate knowledge these young ones had on this subject was astonishing to me. My heart was warmed by the depth they had in this subject, and of course we gave the potguts a proper burial with names for them both, headstones included.
We mulched. weeded and cleaned the greenhouse and beds. We planted our veggies, herbs, medicines and flowers with love and care. We learned the right way to plant things, with good intent and happy vibes. How to water correctly and at the right times of the day. How to use our muscles to haul heavy things, such as soil and mulch, making sure we used the right safe techniques to lift such things.
The littles came and helped fill pots up with soil, and plant seeds. They were very happy to have such a big job and feel connected to the garden.
We built a compost for our garden and learned of its importance and how we can all contribute. Each child took home compostable bags to bring their families food scrapes from home to add. We shoveled the horse manure to the compost, understanding the cycles of how we are all connected, and how our waste and trash can make treasure. We also asked the pot guts to leave our garden alone kindly:)
-Jamie
Peace Garden Vision:
To connect each child to the process of growth and cultivation. Learning “naturally”!
Kathy Carr puts the FUN in the gardening program for campers by bringing in activities like painting rocks, building fairy gardens, creating a Mud Kitchen, and the Peace Garden.
The idea of Peace flows through everything in the Garden Center as we continually build together. The older kids helped plant in our garden barrels and helped plan out what they want in our peace garden.
The greenhouse is growing well and our vision for lots of daisies, yarrow,lavender and sage growing outside will not only be a place to see pollinator activity but will be part of our Peace garden project.
To connect each child to the process of growth and cultivation. Learning “naturally”!
Kathy Carr puts the FUN in the gardening program for campers by bringing in activities like painting rocks, building fairy gardens, creating a Mud Kitchen, and the Peace Garden.
The idea of Peace flows through everything in the Garden Center as we continually build together. The older kids helped plant in our garden barrels and helped plan out what they want in our peace garden.
The greenhouse is growing well and our vision for lots of daisies, yarrow,lavender and sage growing outside will not only be a place to see pollinator activity but will be part of our Peace garden project.
