June 27th Garden Day!

Although it was cloudy, we had a great turnout and there wasn't any rain - perfect weather for weeding, planting beans, and harvesting radishes! We also created our own mobiles for the garden!

 Allie and Adam planted lots of beans

 Owen found a mushroom growing in one of the pots!

 The morning glories grew back from last year

 Our radish harvest

 Squash and marigolds growing in harmony

 Ivy Lynn giving us her best gardening face

 Samantha showing us her garden mobile

 Nicholas made an awesome mobile, too!

 Fisher helped us pull some weeds

 Hannah, Isaac, and Kaylee working on their mobiles!

 Olivia working hard on her garden mobile

 Hannah's finished garden art!

 Fisher and Ashley digging in the dirt! 

Jack found a loooong root and shared it with us!

We hope to see you July 18th for our next Garden Day!

June 27th Garden Day - This Week!

We hope the weather gets better over the next few days and that we are able to have our Garden Day. For now, it is NOT canceled, but we'll keep you updated. If we don't have to cancel, we'll be pulling weeds, harvesting radishes, planting more beans, exploring the growing garden and having fun! 

Remember to wear sunscreen and a hat (as it's supposed to be quite warm) and dress to get dirty! We'll also be doing a garden-related craft!

Everything in the garden has grown a lot in the past two months, so there's plenty to explore and discover! Hope to see you on Thursday morning from 10AM - 11AM!

June 8th - A Surprisingly Sunny Garden Day!

Our first outdoor Cultivating Kids Garden Day was great - despite the weather report, it was sunny and warm. Our garden is looking great!

Claire helped us pull a lot of weeds this morning.

 Our zucchini plants are growing well next to some marigolds.

Our potato plants are growing bigger and bigger!

 We spotted a bean sprouting up!

Garden Day Cancelled due to Inclement Weather

Garden Day is cancelled for this morning due to the heavy rain! We hope to see you on June 8th - our next Garden Day!

First Cultivating Kids Garden Day or 2013!

Our first Cultivating Kids Garden Day was a success! We planted mammoth sunflower seeds in  easy-to-make newspaper pots. Kids put together two newspaper pots with sunflower seeds in them - one for our garden at the library and one of their own to bring home. 

 Bennett filling up his newspaper pot with soil.

 Devon planting some seeds!

Max, William, Zachariah, and Gideon working on their seedlings!

Next time, we will hopefully be able to be outside in the nice weather as our next Garden Day is Saturday, May 25th! Join us from 10-11 for planting outside and other gardening fun! Let us know if you have any questions - you can always give us a call at 335-7549!

Cultivating Kids 2013

Cultivating Kids is back for 2013! We are excited to announce our first garden day will be April 20th, 2013. We will be inside planting zucchini, grape tomato, and cucumber seeds in pots that will stay inside until the weather gets a little warmer.

Kids 2-13 and parents are welcome to drop in anytime from 10-11AM on April 20th to help us plant seedlings - you will even be able to plant your own seedling to bring home with you!

Don't dress up for this program (ever!) as it will be messy!

Hope to see you there!

Cultivating Kids 9th Garden Day: Glean and Clean

Gathering Pumpkins

Pumpkins!

Our biggest pumpkin!

Looking for ripe produce.

One giant cucumber!

The Harvest!

Ready to Garden!

Kara and Clair gathering beans and pumpkins.

Gathering President Tyler morning glory seeds.

Gathering President Tyler morning glory seeds.

Caiden looking for produce.

Watching mom collect seeds.

Sorting the harvest.

Emily watching the harvest sort.

Mexican Bean Beetle larvae?

The quiet spot in the garden!

Clair ready to garden.

Kara and the sunflowers.

This fellow looks like he's covered in lichen.

Clair and the sunflowers.

Kara and Clair in the corn patch.

The Harvest!

The Harvest!

Pumpkin and lots o' gourds!