Category Archives: Gardening

Many thanks to Michael Lenz, General Sales Manager at Regency Auto Group who presented us the cheque from our Evergreen grant on behalf of Toyota. Ms. Rudland’s class was represented and each stood behind the flag they made with…

It was a very special day today as the morning kindergarten class and their buddies visited city hall to do some gardening and to release butterflies. We broke into three groups: Ms. Rocke lead games on the lawn, Elaina gave…

Where were you on the day that it hailed? This spring we had not one but three hailstorms on one day. I was shopping on Main Street and I’ll never forget being pummeled by pellets as I hurried home to…

Once again,  a big thank you to each and every one of you who contributed in some way to the new garden. In the spirit of Simon Fraser Elementary, it was truly a team effort and will continue to…

This is the photo that spontaneously brought tears to my eyes because it is what we have been dreaming of and working toward for three years. It may not be the biggest garden, it maybe be a compromise from…

Yippee! The plants for the Art Garden have finally arrived! We have new tools! Woot! Now we’re ready to garden. We’ll be working with Ms. Goodearle’s class tomorrow morning and Ms. Lukson’s class will be helping us throughout the…

Today we celebrated the new Art Garden with Ms. Goodearle’s class. May at Simon Fraser is all about Gardening and celebrating nature–even the weeds!

One student found a tiny native bee holding onto the grass…

Today we planted sunflower seeds and peas with Ms. Goodearle’s class. I really think this should be a yearly school tradition. The students will plant the peas and some sunflowers in the vegetable garden at city hall and some…