The Short Hills Garden Blog: Ms. SW takes two days of classes at the New York Botanical Gardens

Ms. SW takes two days of classes at the New York Botanical Gardens

The GWC section of the family garden.

A portion of the Howell Family Garden.

Basil and Oregano planted together.

4x12 teaching raised beds!

Companion planting, flowers and tomatoes.

On the weekend of July 16 & 17th, on all that heat... I went to the NY Botanical Gardens to spend some time in the Howell Family Gardens. I took several classes about fall vegetable gardening, pruning, companion planting, cold frames and making our garden a three season garden. At the gift shop I bought two (2) books. One called Weed, Water and Wait and one on George Washington Carver. There was also a nice section of the family garden dedicated to Dr. George Washington Carver! Stay tuned for a book review to arrive on the blog by a summer garden student!

"Great Garden Quotes" by third graders

" I think the garden has been really great! It is like a community with lots of teamwork." Ryan

" Today we planted beets, parsley and lettuce. It was so much fun!" Josh

" Pushing and pulling the wheel barrow was fun!" Derek

"Whenever I walk through the garden doors I feel alive. I would work there all day! " Anonymous

"We went to the garden today! We planted lettuce, herbs and more. I LOVED IT! Natalie

" I am so happy that Pingry decided to have a garden! I planted stuff today. I don't remember what all the names are, but it was so much fun!" Oliver

" Working in the garden for the past few weeks has been so much fun! Dylan has been by my side the whole time from loosening the soil to planting parsley." Isabella

" I think getting a shed was a great idea, because now all the tools are in one place where we can find it." Lucy

" I thought that digging wood chips would be really heavy, but they turned out to be light as a feather! Dirt is A LOT heavier in the wheel barrows, but the wood chips are harder to dig up!" Alex

" Though people say you work to plant veggies. I say you kind of play to plant veggies. My favorite part of gardening was planting the veggies." Victoria

" Even though it was hot and hard work, we all loved it! Everyone had a great time, some laughter and a big smile!" Anonymous

K-3 Garden Spring 2012

Ms. SW takes two days of classes at the New York Botanical Gardens

Ms.Collins checks out the racket! What's going on out there?

Reading the chore list...

Hard at work!

Filling the wheel barrow

Wonderful, nutritious soil!

Aerating soil

Deep, dark, rich soil!

Checking out the veggie flats

What are we growing here?

Watering the veggie flats

The woodchips finally arrived!

Spreading out the wood chips!

1SW has one last FROZEN work day in the garden!