Garden Route Therapy » Nature Activities

hatching seeds

hortstudent — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:54:58 +0000

Last week with the Children’s Garden and Exploring Toronto Programs was all about seeds as we spouted in jars and egg carton cups, scavenged for seeds in the garden and shook our seed shakers. Ruth Heller’s book The Reason for a Flower was certainly a helpful tool with the colorful illustrations to guide us through the process.

hello spring

hortstudent — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:08:10 +0000

We had an exciting kick-off to spring at the H.O.P.E. Community Garden in Parkdale with outdoor nature activities for kids during March Break. Children and parents biked, walked, took the TTC and in one case, drove all the way from Scarborough to join us on the blue tarp at Masaryk Park. We had beautiful spring weather, minus the rain. We stretched like seeds, matched animals with their marks, smelt, tasted and planted basil, built a magic forest and garden guardians, explored objects from nature blindfolded, filled musical bean shakers and created food art snacks. At the start, everyone wondered if there was really anything alive in the garden, but after investigating with magnifying glasses, signs of spring were discovered peeking through the soil.

Thank you to Greenest City for hosting and Garden Jane for supporting our learning in organizing and facilitating this programming. Special appreciation of Leah and Marilyn for working with the children in the garden.

looking for signs of spring

hortstudent — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:12:57 +0000

This is Tamara Green, another gardening education enthusiast, on a site visit at the H.O.P.E. Community Garden. We are currently working together as a Garden Jane Interns & have the exciting opportunity to organize outdoor nature programing for children during March Break. On the day that we toured, the snow covered space challenged us to visualize the potential transformation in a few weeks and how we will animate the garden for the children.

Program Information:

Will your kids go a little CRAZY over March Break?
Need something to do with them?

Join us for activities at the H.O.P.E. Community Garden
Wednesday March 18th & Friday March 20th
2 pm – 4 pm

Kids will make art, listen to stories and plant seeds.
Parents, we need you or a guardian there. But you get to RELAX,
make new friends and join activities if you want.

Dress for the outdoors. Rain or shine. We’ll have yummy snacks.

Who: Children, ages 3-9 and a parent or guardian
Where: Masaryk Park, 220 Cowan Ave. (meet in the garden)
Cost: $5 per child (includes snack for all)

Pre-Registration Required
Call 647.438.0038 (Weekdays 9-6) or Email register@greenestcity.ca

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