I’m getting really excited about our first project meeting this weekend. We all know it won’t really go according to the plan we’ve laid out, but we’ve still spent some time thinking through the first day, the weather, the logistics of getting to know the group and the shared vision we hope to create. - Introduce the project and how we’d like to work together
- Get to know one another
- Get to know the garden space as it exists now and explore plans for making it work for our project
- Explore botany basics and the foundation of plant needs
- Get to know the kitchen and what we will be cooking
- Make a Thank You note for all the seeds contributed by the National Gardening Association
10:00 to 1:00 Saturday, February 28th (~One week after last expected
date of frost.)
Theme: Intro to the project, Intro to Botany
Lunch: Vegetable Soup with some of the Favorite Vegetables added
Program Supplies:
Plant Parts materials
Potting soil
Six-packs for planting
Seeds (peas, onions, lettuce, beets,spinach, collards, chard, radishes, bush beans, broccoli)
Supplies for water measurers
Journals, decorations and supplies
Lunch
Supplies for Families to Bring:
Rain gear
Favorite vegetables, uncooked
Bowls and utensils for the family
Class<plan:
a) Welcome circle and Intros (personal and intro to the program)
b) Safety, boundaries and behavior goals
c) Ice breakers
d) Plant parts activity
e) Group A Plant Parts scavenger hunt and Seed Starting
Group B Kitchen Intro and Favorite Veggies
f) Group A Kitchen Intro and Favorite Veggies
Group B Plant Parts scavenger hunt and Seed Starting
g) Lunch
h) Rain Measures/Journal decoration
i) Closing circle, intentions, thoughts on the day
From Dirt to Dinner 