The New Discovery Garden

 

We are SO excited to have a Discovery Garden this year!!  The Boy Scouts built a raised bed for us (it is near the playground area), as an Eagle Scout project, and we couldn't be more excited!  

 

Our first order of business was to fill the bed with rich soil (Thank you, Miss Marj!) and soon after, it rained and a bouquet of beautiful mushrooms popped up - so we had an impromptu lesson with the Transitional Kindergarten class on the importance of mushrooms!  This is the very best part of Discovery:  making fascinating, fun, everyday discoveries with the children that encourage us to learn as much as we can about the world - and the environment right - around us!  

  
Our second order of business was to plant our first (fall, hardy) vegetables:  garlic chives, cabbage, and Swiss chard - which are doing well (thank you, squirrels, for not eating the plants!) - and we also planted some flowers that the bees and butterflies love so we can get some helpful visitors to our garden!