Harvest Time in the Primary Garden

Primary students enjoyed a bountiful harvest from their vegetable garden and pumpkin patch this past week. Working together, the students harvested kale, green beans, pumpkins, gourds, and other autumn vegetables.

Kale, Green Beans, Carrots and Pumpkins!

AALC's gardens provide countless opportunities for learning.  Gardening cultivates children's patience as they weed and water and wait for their produce to grow.  It encourages problem solving when challenges arise, such as the recent groundhog situation in the pumpkin patch.

Ms. Wilt's class in the Primary Garden

Picking vegetables fresh from the garden enables children to gain valuable firsthand knowledge of how food is grown and where it comes from.  Growing and harvesting produce also encourages them to try new foods and discover new healthy favorites!

Students helping with the harvest.

A lovely collection of produce from the garden!