Gardening Club #19 — From The Ground

It has been eighteen months since the last gardening club took place. The Halloween Special in October 2019 was to be the last session before a bit of a Winter rest. Sadly, by the time we were ready to crack on with the new season, COVID-19 had gripped the world and its been stop start ever since.

Thankfully, there seems to be light at the end of the poly tunnel and with the warmer weather comes a feeling of optimism. The Easter holidays has marked the start of a new season on the allotment and this year, two teachers from the school have offered to run the after school sessions alongside Friday afternoon forest school up there too.

Jobs for this week included some light weeding of the raised beds…

….planting off cuttings from mint.

…working together to set out rows…

…and potato planting.

Pond dipping is an activity that children never seem to get tired of! Great to see so much life in the school pond that includes frogs, newts, tadpoles, dragonfly nymphs, pond skaters etc.