The Bulb Planting Project - Part Two

October 23 - Mr. Bynoe Class

Please click on any picture to see the stories that the children wrote.Stories coming soon

It was really exciting to see the grade five and six class from the Perth Ave. Public School come down the street, to visit our park and garden, and to help with the bulb planting.

Tammy Finnikin, our contact person from GreenHere, had arranged for some of her staff to meet the class at the school and walk with them to our park.

The weather was really rainy and cold, I had my doubts of the success of the project, but Edward, one of our gardeners, who's daughter is in this class, and Lindsay, a friend of the Community Garden showed up to give their support and help.

We invited the children into the park and to make a circle so that we could introduce ourselves. The staff, students and the organizations: Perth Dupont Community Garden, and GreenHere. We talked about the community garden and about our park and why beautifying it is important to our neighbourhood. Tammy also talked about the basic health and safety guidelines (not to throw dirt, shovels etc. stay off the road, and respect others, and the park & plants).

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After that, we discussed the guidelines for the workshop itself - how to plant the bulbs.

Despite the cold weather, the kids were really excited to get started, and my doubts about the success of the day vanished. Earlier in the week, Parks, Forestry and Recreation brought over extra shovels, and GreenHere, also brought shovels and work gloves for everyone. They also brought extra bulbs to add to the 180 bulbs that we had received. We had the gloves and the bulbs set up on a table next to the work area, so they lined up to get some bulbs, and the staff showed them how to start the planting.

In Next to no time, the bulbs were planted!

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Afterwords, we let them walk around the park and the garden, and the GreenHere staff took small groups of students on a tours of the trees in the park, to tell them why trees are important in our neighbourhood and to explain what we can do to ensure our trees survive.