2011 Successes

 The Emery Garden was a great success last year. Over 700 student volunteer hours were put in to the garden. We grew over 1300 pounds of fresh produce using organic growing methods.

Over 300 lbs of what was grown behind the school was given out to the student body during our Fall Harvest Festival. Grade 12 English classes helped harvest the whole 300 lbs on an October morning, set up tables and a party in the school court yard, and helped distribute the food to the school community during lunch period.

Students chose from a wide selection of crops and took them home in paper bags. There were leeks, onions, turnips, carrots, beets, radish, eggplants, sweet and hot peppers, tomatoes, pumpkins, winter squash, celery, lettuce, and a variety of herbs including basil, chives, and dill.

The same English classes also harvested food from the garden prior to the Harvest Party, took it home and created dishes they then shared at pot luck meals during their classes. I was lucky to be invited and sampled delicious leek soup, carrot cake and pesto sauce on pasta! Amazing culinary creations!

 

Photo credits: Nicole Dufour, 2011