Kids in the Garden


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Kids in the Garden: Children’s Class for Gardening and the Environment

Where? Alta Vista Gardens in Brengle Terrace Park- Bugs, Birds & Butterflies Children’s Garden

Who? Ages: Kindergarten – 6^{th Grade}

When? Second Saturdays

Time? 10:00am

Kids in the Garden Class at Alta Vista Gardens

Brengle Terrace Park, VISTA

NOVEMBER 12 SATURDAY 10 am – 12 noon Gardening and Recycled Art with Farmer Jones Alta Vista Gardens is beautiful in the fall! Join Farmer Jones for Gardening in Incredible Edibles Garden and a creative session making Recycled Art. Children of all ages are invited to join the fun! DECEMBER 10 SATURDAY from 10 am - 12 noon Making Granola with Miss Mary Our favorite chef Miss Mary will lead us in making Granola. Her cooking sessions are fun and educational!

Classes on second Saturday of each month. Fee per child per session $5. Accompanied adults FREE. A year’s classes are FREE with Alta Vista Gardens Family Membership.

Instructor: “Farmer Jones” Nancy B Jones, retired teacher, VUSD, Alamosa Park Elementary, School Garden Coordinator, A.V.G. Fall Fun Festival organizer, GATE teacher

Pre-register: with Nancy B Jones farmerjones@altavistagardens.orgor Tokeli tokeli@tokeli.com

Registration Cost: Prepaid $5 per session or free with Alta Vista Gardens Membership (show card). No refunds. Checks payable to Alta Vista Gardens. Donations accepted - 100% of class fees will be donated to Alta Vista Children’s Garden. Please click on the PDF icon to the right to print out a registration form

Topics: Planting for Nutrition How Plants Work Watering and Weeding Seeds Leaves Compost Worms Birds Bugs Butterflies Garden Discovery Walks Five Senses Environment Recycling Music Art: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Cooking for Nutrition Nature Crafts Recycle Crafts Nature Games Storytime in the Garden

Questions: Call Nancy B Jones (760) 822-6824 or e-mail farmerjones@altavistagardens.org. Call Tokeli (619) 519-1558.

Please click on the PDF icon to the right to print out a registration form




					From North County Times: Saturday 1/9/10 Phineas Jefferies, 6, pulls a worm from some soil during a class Saturday at Alta Vista Gardens at Brengle Terrace Park in Vista. During the class, children made a worm bin container to take home along with a small bag of finished compost, and also took an extended walk down into the Jungle Garden area of the gardens. A new Sunrise Discovery Pavilion was recently donated and installed at Alta Vista Gardens by Lowe's of Vista and Oceanside.



					Photo byJohn Gastaldo / UNION-TRIBUNE With a mighty shove, Kaitlin Daly, 5, of Cardiff helped Virginia Hueth of Vista push a weed-packed cart up a hill at the Alta Vista Gardens in Vista’s Brengle Terrace Park during “Kids in the Garden” class. Volunteers from the Alta Vista Gardens teach each class.



		Photo by John Gastaldo - UNION-TRIBUNE Ian Hawkins (left) checked on the progress of William Bradford as they searched for worms in trays of dirt. Both boys are 7 and are from Carlsbad.

‘Kids in the Garden’ offers introduction to environment By Celia Taghdiri

Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 12:02 a.m.

VISTA — While many adults might enjoy the Alta Vista Gardens in Vista’s Brengle Terrace Park, children have their own reasons why they like to spend some time on the grounds.

“We do a lot of fun stuff here, like singing songs and sticking toothpicks in an apple to make a turkey, and we get to play with worms,” said 9-year-old George Smith of Vista.

George attends “Kids in the Garden” classes that allow youngsters to discover nature.

“The goal of the ‘Kids in the Garden’ class is to bring children to Alta Vista Gardens so they can learn more about nature and appreciate the environment,” said Nancy Jones, a retired elementary-school teacher who has taught children about gardens for 35 years. “We have a beautiful resource here, and we want our kids to use it.”

A committee formed and began meeting in 2008 to plan for a children’s garden at Alta Vista, which lies within the lush 15-acre Brengle Terrace Park. The committee organized last year’s Earth Day and Fall Fun Festival at Alta Vista. To build on those activities and spur interest in a children’s garden, the committee scheduled monthly children’s classes, which began in November.

Twenty elementary-school children from Vista and Oceanside participate in the gardening class. Activities include garden walks, nature crafts and nutrition. Volunteers from the Alta Vista Gardens teach each class.

A contest to name and design a logo for a children’s garden was held, and 250 entries were received. The winner was Haley Lindsay, a first-grader from Vista, who created the “Bugs, Birds and Butterflies Children’s Garden” name and logo.

The first phase of the Bugs, Birds and Butterflies garden is under construction. Additional features planned for the garden include butterfly, sensory and musical gardens. It also might have a sunflower field and a fort made from recycled material. And paths will accommodate visitors on wheelchairs.

Alta Vista Gardens board member Don Nelson wants the gardening classes to attract more families.

“I hope these gardens will give families the opportunity to learn about nature and help them contribute positively to our community. We also hope to establish some classes for older students,” Nelson said.

Several items have been donated to the children’s garden, such as a kite sculpture, pavers and a pavilion for garden and environmental teaching.

Additional gardening classes for children will be offered at Alta Vista Gardens. Possible topics include music, arts, American Indian traditions and raised-bed vegetable gardening. Field trips are available for school groups, service groups and clubs.

For more information, call Nancy Jones at (760) 822-6824.

Celia Taghdiri is freelance writer in Vista.

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