Dickinsfield Green

Best day of the year - potato harvest day! Ecole Dickinsfield School Learning Garden. @Dickinsfield @DFgreenschool @GreenSceneFMPSD @Mr_Shewchuk @annaleeskinner @FMPSD

So much fun harvesting peas, beans, potatoes and tomatoes! Ecole Dickinsfield School Learning Garden. #SharpenYourSaw #HealthyFood #WasteFree #GetOutdoors @FMPSD @Dickinsfield @DFgreenschool @FMPSD7Habits

My favourite volunteer helped weed the Ecole @Dickinsfield School Learning Garden. Stopping to smell the flowers and to admire the growing veggies. The kids will love taste testing in the fall! @APPLESchools @GreenSceneFMPSD @FMPSD

Lots of learning in the @Dickinsfield School Learning Garden! Plants going through their life cycles, with fliers, veggies, herb, and producing seeds for the next cycle. And tummy @APPLESchools taste tests! @FMPSD @DFgreenschool @GreenSceneFMPSD @Mr_Shewchuk

Excited Grade 3 classes observing the School Learning Garden. Taste testing tomatoes, peas, chives and oregano. Learning about plants, animals, soil, sun, weather & the importance of growing your own food. @Dickinsfield @DFgreenschool @GreenSceneFMPSD @FMPSD @Mr_Shewchuk

It's that happy happy time of year. @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. @GreenSceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool @fmpsd

Happy worms multiply! So 8 buckets of worms found new homes. Now there is worm composting in at least 8 classes in 5 @fmpsd schools! @GreenSceneFMPSD @ThickwoodArts @DaveMcNeillyFMP @WGHillElem

The 10 year old School Learning Garden at Ecole @dickinsfield needed some love. Thanks so much my favourite volunteer and @GreenSceneFMPSD for replacing the rotten top boards. 20 volunteer hours, $470, and hopefully many more years of learning for the students. @fmpsd @greghphoto

My favourite teenager helping weed the Ecole @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. Lots of great learning for the kids this fall! Harvesting, taste tests, observing plant life cycles, spreading flower seeds for next spring. @fmpsd @greensceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool

Enthusiastic kids harvesting red wriggler worm castings to add to the @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. 12,000 worms have eaten 50 gallons of apple cores and banana peels this year! @greensceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool @Dickinsfield3K @fmpsd

Adding a year's worth of composted banana peels and apple cores to the @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. 6 big buckets! Thanks, red wriggler worms! @greensceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool @Dickinsfield3K @fmpsd

Tending the School Learning Garden on the last day of school. We seeded the flowers by shaking last year's dried plants. And look at them! 100 kids/5 grades synergized to plant the garden. #Habit6 @FMPSD7HabiTS @Dickinsfield @greensceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool @Dickinsfield3K @fmpsd

Nature is a beautiful teacher. Investigating flowers of all sorts: rose, bunchberry, bedstraw, strawberry, harebell, vetch. And the critters nearby: spiders, beetles, butterflies, centipedes, ants, worms. Very excited kids! @greensceneFMPSD @fmpsd @dickinsfield @DFgreenschool

Grateful for rain, so we can plant some more seeds. Lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, onions, beets, radishes. Comparing sizes and shapes of seeds. @dickinsield @FMPSD @DFgreenschool @GreenSceneFMPSD @dickinsfield3K

We celebrated Earth Day by cleaning up, checking out the garden and recycling. We have waste free lunches every day, because every day is Earth Day! @FMPSD @GreenSceneFMPSD @DICKINSFIELD #FMPSDEarthDay

For Earth Day, we want O&M to know we are sooooo grateful for the new water bottle filling station, and for cardboard and paper recycling pick up. You are THE BEST!! @FMPSD @FMPSDOM @GreenSceneFMPSD @DICKINSFIELD #FMPSDEarthDay

Learning about plant parts, life cycles, plant propagation, decomposing, little organisms, weather, seasons, and how to grow food. Grade 4 engaging with the School Learning Garden. @fmpsd @dickinsfield @DFGreenSchool @GreenSceneFMPSD

Investigating our beautiful Boreal Forest: trees, bark, woodpecker, rose hips, slugs, worms, fungi.... Such rich integrated & inquiry based learning on a beautiful fall day. @fmpsd @dickinsfield @GreenSceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool @dickinsfield3K

We love harvesting potatoes! So exciting. Grade 2/3 L at the Ecole @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. #IntegratedLearning #InquiryBasedLearning #environmentalEd #GrowYourOwnFood @fmpsd @GreenSceneFMPSD @DFGreenSchool

Investigating the Ecole @dickinsfield School Learning Garden. Butterflies, worms, petunias, poppies, potatoes, marigolds. Plant life cycle, decomposition, rocks & soil, weather, seasons..... Rich integrated and inquiry based learning. @fmpsd @GreenSceneFMPSD @dickinsfield3K