September 27, 2009
The past two weeks have been a busy time in our garden. Most of the pavers have been installed, providing a stable surface for everyone to walk on. Thanks again to Mike Christie Landscaping, who donated the time to install the pavers. The butterfly garden has been planted, thanks to help and a discount on the plants from Stonington Gardens. Most of the classes were able to go out and help with the butterfly garden, and by the time the last class left there were already bees and dragonflies on the plants. The first chrysalis was found on a basil plant too! The water feature was running for the day and the children enjoyed watching it.
Thank you, too, to everyone who participated in our bulb fundraiser. We raised about $800 to use towards our shed, which will hopefully be started next week with volunteer labor by Matt Peel. Many people also generously donated money for us to buy bulbs for the children to plant later this fall, and we were given enough to purchase 1000 bulbs! The classes will be planting crocus, iris, and grape hyacinth bulbs both in our sensory garden and in the garden beds in front of the school. We’re looking forward to doing that and seeing them come up in the spring! Thank you again!
If you’ll be visiting West Vine Street School with your child for Open House this week, please make sure you come out and visit the garden!





