Our Gardens Are Up and Growing

What a great day the kids of 7B and I had on Wednesday. Bunnings at Morayfield came out to the school with a truck load of plants and equipment for our garden.
The kids had worked really hard assembling the 4 garden beds that Bunnings had already donated to us. We had those in place and filled with soil ready for planting. As Jenny and Josh (from Bunnings) came in we noticed they were carrying another 2 garden beds. It didn't take long for a couple of children to get those assembled and ready for planting.

"I think this joins to this?"

Almost finished.

We've finished.

Once that was done, the children were keen to get planting. Bunnings had brought along gloves for each child, hand trowels, diggers and forks. The first bag opened had the kids turning up their noses, they had discovered what blood and bone fertiliser smelt like. Once they had spread that throughout the beds, Jenny and Josh spent alot of time explaining to the children how to transplant all the seedlings without excessive stress. Depth to plant and distance between plants was explained as well. The children really worked well and planted out all the varities and then labelled them.

The final things to do was carefully cover all the garden beds with a layer of mulch then water all the seedlings.

All the children were pleased with their great work and have organised a roster system for the class to keep up a good water suply and make sure they keep the gardens weed free.

Jenny and Josh helping erect the garden. 

Working hard to move the soil.

Last load.

Working on the beds

Carefully planting Chives.

There was one garden bed left unplanted. On Friday 7C came into the garden and have planted this with seed potatoes. They are using a no dig method of growing these, so they will be constantly monitoring the growth of them and covering the new stem growth with new mulch and soil.

Again a big thankyou must go to Bunnings Warehouse. None of this would have been possible if it were not for their outstanding support.

One of the finished beds