Our vegetable & fruit project

Our vegetable & herb

gardenOnehunga Primary School,

122, Arthur Street

Onehunga,

Auckland

How & when did we start?

Last year, Rooms 9 & 10 began a project to

grow their own vegetables and herbs

because it wasn’t working out well in tyres.

The students created their own design and

were very excited to start.

We had our plans but who do we ask for

help??

Reaching out to our

community

We requested for offers to help and we

were extremely lucky!!

Some kind & generous volunteers from a

local church offered to help the students

build the garden.

The students & parents helped with the same. It

was hard work and we got our hands dirty but

we had a lot of fun!

Using our worm casts to enrich

our soil

Everyday the students collect banana

peels & apple cores for our two worm

bins. Worms love the fruits and we use

worm wee & casts for the soil.

Apple cores, Banana peels,, Worm food

Look at all those fat worms! So

good for the soil

Where are

you hiding

worms??!

Harvesting the potatoesWe said a prayer before harvesting in many different cultures .

Look at all those potatoes!!Rooms 9 & 10 made yummy potato salad yumm!!!

This was for our Christmas shared lunch.

We decided to eat healthy and we had no JUNK food!

What could we do to keep the hungry birds & slugs away?

A scarecrow is a good idea. Maya made one with her parents

and the students painted it. The students also collect egg shells

to put around the lettuces to keep the snails away.

We used egg shells instead of

chemicals to keep the snails

away!

Painting our Cut out

Vegetables and Scarecrow

For a whole week during lunchtimes we

worked on painting these cut outs. We

had to make four coats of paint on each!

We have also added some

vegetable cut outs to make our

garden look amazing!

Our wonderful herb garden

Sustainable Communities

One of the guiding principles of Environmental Education that we follow in our school is learning about sustainability.

This is very important for us as we learn to grow and eat our fresh vegetables.

We also learn to grow the same in our homes.

Sharing, cooking and enjoying our harvest is so much fun.

This is how our garden is looking now……

Broad beans

Lettuce

Spring onions and leeks

Broccoli, cauliflower and parsnips

Cabbage

Celery Radish

If we win….