Linden Avenue School How Does Your Garden Grow

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Linden Avenue SchoolHow Does Your Garden Grow?
A GREF Grant Spring 2008
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Lumber was purchased and planter boxes and
benches were constructed during the Summer of
2008.
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Newly built benches for the Reading Circle
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First Graders in the Garden
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Read Aloud
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Children in grades K 2 planted seeds in trays
during indoor recess in early March of 2009.
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Planting seeds in Kindergarten
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Tomatoes, corn, sunflower and marigold seeds
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Seeds germinate on the light table
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Seeds under the lights
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The seeds take root and sprout!
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The plants are transplanted outside to the
planter boxes on April 24, 2009 - Earth Day.
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The plants begin to grow
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and grow
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and grow!
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In the summer of 2009, the garden gave us
peas, corn, tomatoes, and squash.
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Corn stalks, squash, pumpkins
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Ear of Corn Squash
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Sugar snap peas
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Cherry Tomatoes
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The marigolds and sunflowers added color to
our planters and protection from harmful
insects.
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Sunflowers and Marigolds
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And the pumpkins were already big! Wait till
October!
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Pumpkins
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A Garden Grows at Linden
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Thank you Glen Ridge Education Foundation!
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand
that gives roses. Chinese Proverb
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