Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Ms. Mekky's Class Gets Us Organized!
Our 5th graders in Ms. Mekky's class have been hard at work preparing the beds and planting. Here's a link to their blog with photos!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Our New Tree!
Our new Sunset Maple tree has arrived and been planted in the center of our classroom space in our prairie garden. Thanks to Knupper Nursery & Landscape for helping us find and plant the tree! This is the first update to our garden...much more happening this spring!
Also, Ms. Mekky's 5th grade class helped to till and add soil to the raised beds this week. Classrooms from each grade will be planting seeds in their beds to harvest in the fall. We hope to have lots of good veggies to try in the fall!
Keep an eye on Ivy Hill as our garden continues to grow!
Also, Ms. Mekky's 5th grade class helped to till and add soil to the raised beds this week. Classrooms from each grade will be planting seeds in their beds to harvest in the fall. We hope to have lots of good veggies to try in the fall!
Keep an eye on Ivy Hill as our garden continues to grow!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Spring = Back to the Garden!
Now that the buds are starting to come out on the trees, it's a good reminder that it's time to get back to work in the Ivy Hill garden! On Thursday, May 9th, we will be having a sunset maple tree planted in the prairie garden space where the limestone pathway/classroom meeting circle was laid last year. Our friends at Knupper's are helping us to plant the tree and to make further plans for our prairie garden.
Also, several classes are taking over the production beds for their grades and will plant before the end of the school year. Kindergarten is talking about planting pumpkins which will be ready in time for their fall study!
Thanks, in advance, to our Cub Scouts who will be helping to water the garden again this summer!
Keep checking back for more information as we plan to do lots of garden work in the coming weeks!
Also, several classes are taking over the production beds for their grades and will plant before the end of the school year. Kindergarten is talking about planting pumpkins which will be ready in time for their fall study!
Thanks, in advance, to our Cub Scouts who will be helping to water the garden again this summer!
Keep checking back for more information as we plan to do lots of garden work in the coming weeks!
Friday, October 12, 2012
Press Coverage!
Ivy Hill's Fall Garden Day was featured in the Daily Herald! Check out the article here!
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Fall Garden Day a Huge Success!
On Sunday, September 30th, Ivy Hill families joined together for a morning of hard work and collaboration to accomplish many important projects in the Ivy Hill Community Garden, including the following:
*Laying a new limestone pathway through the developing prairie garden, covering a new irrigation system that will help to keep the prairie garden thriving
*Planting new shrubs in one section of the prairie garden
*Planting new perennial plants in a "pollinator patch" by the raised beds
*Adding new topsoil to the raised beds to prepare them for spring planting
*Mulching around all of the new plantings and other trees in the garden space
As well, we dedicated two garden signs, co-sponsored by the Ivy Hill PTA, including one to honor Ivy Hill's former principal, Ms. Kristy Csensich. Students and parents also had the opportunity to Skype throughout the morning with Ms. Csensich who is currently living and working in Lima, Peru.
Ivy's garden landscapes have been spearheaded by Di Bolash, master gardener with the Arlington Heights Garden Club, who has worked with other master gardener volunteers to design a working production garden and a native-species prairie garden. Without Di's direction and support, Ivy's garden would certainly not be off to such an amazing start!
We were so pleased to have so many students and parents come to support our garden efforts. Now, the garden is prepared for winter and will be ready for a big Spring planting day. We look forward to seeing you all then! Thanks again to all of our volunteers!
*Laying a new limestone pathway through the developing prairie garden, covering a new irrigation system that will help to keep the prairie garden thriving
*Planting new shrubs in one section of the prairie garden
*Planting new perennial plants in a "pollinator patch" by the raised beds
*Adding new topsoil to the raised beds to prepare them for spring planting
*Mulching around all of the new plantings and other trees in the garden space
As well, we dedicated two garden signs, co-sponsored by the Ivy Hill PTA, including one to honor Ivy Hill's former principal, Ms. Kristy Csensich. Students and parents also had the opportunity to Skype throughout the morning with Ms. Csensich who is currently living and working in Lima, Peru.
Ivy's garden landscapes have been spearheaded by Di Bolash, master gardener with the Arlington Heights Garden Club, who has worked with other master gardener volunteers to design a working production garden and a native-species prairie garden. Without Di's direction and support, Ivy's garden would certainly not be off to such an amazing start!
We were so pleased to have so many students and parents come to support our garden efforts. Now, the garden is prepared for winter and will be ready for a big Spring planting day. We look forward to seeing you all then! Thanks again to all of our volunteers!
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
September 30th! Fall Planting Day and Skype with Ms. Csensich!
9am-12pm
Goals for the Day:
*Plant a number of native prairie plants to establish the Ivy Hill
Prairie Garden!
*Create a limestone pathway through the prairie garden.
*Dedicate garden signs to Ms. Csensich who will join us via
Skype…all the way from Peru!
What We Need:
*Volunteers! Supervised
children and adults are welcomed!
*Garden gloves for
children and adults
*Wheelbarrows (the
more, the better!)
*Shovels (for children
and adults)
Please RSVP if you are able to help on Sept. 30th!
847-398-4275 or vhiltz@sd25.org
Friday, August 24, 2012
Welcome back to school to all Ivy Hill Eagles!
I'd like to give a HUGE thank you to our Scouts troop who watered our garden all summer and made sure things were taken care of...what would we do without you! Special thanks to the following students:
Kyle & Zach B.
Sean B.
John B.
Eric D.
Colin E.
Connor G.
Ryan G.
Ian & Jacob H.
PJ J.
Charlie M.
Sanskar S.
Justin W.
We have been busy planning our fall planting day which will take place on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th from 9-12 at Ivy Hill. We need as many volunteers as possible to join us on the 30th! We'll be planting in the prairie garden, laying limestone for a walkway through the prairie garden and replanting our pollinator patch. We will also be dedicating special garden signs thank Ms. Csensich for her work and inspiration...any maybe we'll get to Skype with her too! Please RSVP with the Ivy Hill office if you plan to help on the 30th.
In the meantime, check out this great article about how school gardens are teaching kids about nutrition, science, the environment and teamwork!
I'd like to give a HUGE thank you to our Scouts troop who watered our garden all summer and made sure things were taken care of...what would we do without you! Special thanks to the following students:
Kyle & Zach B.
Sean B.
John B.
Eric D.
Colin E.
Connor G.
Ryan G.
Ian & Jacob H.
PJ J.
Charlie M.
Sanskar S.
Justin W.
We have been busy planning our fall planting day which will take place on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30th from 9-12 at Ivy Hill. We need as many volunteers as possible to join us on the 30th! We'll be planting in the prairie garden, laying limestone for a walkway through the prairie garden and replanting our pollinator patch. We will also be dedicating special garden signs thank Ms. Csensich for her work and inspiration...any maybe we'll get to Skype with her too! Please RSVP with the Ivy Hill office if you plan to help on the 30th.
In the meantime, check out this great article about how school gardens are teaching kids about nutrition, science, the environment and teamwork!
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