In spite of a rainy and cool spring, the BPDS Transition Garden is alive and well! Seeds have been started indoors, soil and manure have been shovelled into place, and compost is itself transitioning. Thanks to Jim Kuellmer and Patrick Lima, our students are being masterfully guided through their second growing season.
Heres what the students of all grades have been up to: Grades kindergarten and 1 are organizing onion sets in addition to their year-long composting duties. The latter involves visiting all classrooms in the school and gathering and emptying the green buckets. We do appreciate their enthusiasm and dedication to this job. They never forget! The grade 4/5 class has been organizing and planting seeds for weeks now. They will begin putting them in the ground as soon as the grade 9 science class has finished with the preparation of beds. The grade 8s are also helping with this task, as well as fixing the fence.
The fruit trees are blooming, the cedar hedge is greening, and the butterfly garden is full of colour. The students can see the fruits of their labours even though we are far from harvest-time. Our students are learning skills for a lifetime of connection with their planet, hours of enjoyment, and resilience: all wonderful things.
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