Wastewise in Georgetown is pleased to offer, once again, the school garden grant for Georgetown area schools. A school can apply for this $500 grant to use for supplies towards a garden the students will learn in. Completed applications need to be emailed to [email protected] by April 15, 2024.
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Seeds for All Schools
If you request a box from the Erin Seed Library, you will receive it with the letter below. A list of likely seeds it will contain is on the right, but you can absolutely request certain seeds.
The Erin Seed Library would like to lend seeds to your school.
Seeds can be borrowed for free, with the hope that in the fall you will have new seeds to return to the library. Please borrow some seeds if you would like to grow them to plant in the school yard with your students. Or if you would like to grow them with your students to take home – eg Mother's Day Or if you would like to grow them and sell the plants as a fundraiser. Or if you would like to grow them for yourself at home. Or if you have another great idea to grow them for. Radishes and peas can both be planted as soon as the ground thaws. They can then be harvested before school is out in June. Carrots and beets pretty much take care of them selves. Plant them in June and you should come back to plenty in September. (If you plant them too early they will be ready in July) Mixing sand in with small seeds can help the children not plant them too close together. E-mail me requests and I can send seeds to schools through the inter-school mail (Upper Grand), or I can send a box for you to look through to choose. If you receive seeds you cannot find a use for, please return them (and the box) to me via Erin Public School. If you are able to collect some seeds from what you grow and return them to me, then that is a great thing to teach the kids, if not, no worries. I hope you will request a box every year. :) Inventory and tips on how to save seeds in the fall are on my website seed tips tab. Let's get growing!! It is such a great experience for the kids! Thank you! Jen Edwards, Seed Librarian [email protected] www.erinseedlendinglibrary.weebly.com No act of kindness is ever wasted Milkweed seed mud balls ready to be taken on a hike and thrown
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Likely seeds that will be in your box:
Basil Beans Beets Broccoli Carrots Cucumber Dill Peas Pumpkins Radish Squash - Butternut Tomatoes - a few varieties Joe Pye Weed Marigolds Morning Glories Milkweed Poppys Sunflowers Potato digging is so much fun!
Scarlett Runner Beans in a zippy with a wet piece of paper towel make a great classroom experiment/observation
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