Visitors!

Today at Campbell was a beautiful sunny day with a class that was more than exceptional. We arrived at 1, and went to check in with the office, but never actually got to because the class was already lining up to come out to the garden. 

So we showed them around and decided that because it was the second week for this class being out at the garden, we would teach them about the different parts of the plants. At the beginning, we sat them around in a circle and explained the functions and locations of the leaves, stem, roots, and flower. Some of the kids were very knowledgeable about the different structures of the plant and were very excited about telling us what they knew. We eventually went on to playing a game of Simon Says, telling the kids to act like their bodies were representing individual plants, with their feet being roots, hands are leaves, etc. 

We spent about 5 minutes playing games with the kids, and when they were thoroughly entertained with that, we moved on to smaller groups, showing them around the garden. We explained what was planted in the certain beds, and how they grow better in certain types of soil, compared to the sandy ground that is regularly found in Florida. 

We only had one class, which was really up in the air anyways, because we weren't sure what the plan for the day was. After the class left, we watered the entire garden and planted some more seeds. 

It was a beautiful day with some great kids who were genuinely interested in learning more stuff about the garden. I was really pleased with working with them today.

Andy