Rose Hill Montessori Primary Class Garden

In our third year our garden (and it's helpers) have definitely made progress. This year our class of 25 children, ages 3 - 6, planted strawberries, peas, beans, blackberry bushes, radishes, carrots, lettuce and flowers. Today, June 4, they were able to pick a few strawberries and radishes, and the rest of our garden seems to be thriving. 

One of our goals is to make sure that the children make a connection between nurturing the Earth through gardening and how the Earth nurtures us in return. The children tend to the garden diligently by watering the plants, cutting the grass (with scissors!), cleaning the garden tools, harvesting the food and sharing the garden bounty with their classmates.

We hope that someday even those of us considered amature will feel at home in the garden and maybe even that our harvest will be bountiful enough to share with the children's families.