Week One: A Teacher Candidate in the garden

The poppies in the Garden...

I am a UBC Teacher Candidate starting my field to fork to field community experience and I have to say this first week has gone by really quickly. At the beginning of the week we met all the lovely people of the Orchard Garden and of the Think and Eat Green projects who shared their passion for the environment, gardening, food sustainability and children with us. After familiarizing ourselves with our own little section of project, we were sent to our own placements, which for me was the Orchard Garden and gave us lots of latitude to decide the nature of our own project. 

Day 1 of weeding....

Once again, the people of the Orchard were very friendly and so passionate about school gardening, outdoor learning and all plants have to offer that we could only be, as future teachers, really excited about our three weeks. The people of the Orchard provided us with information usually shared through their gardening workshop series offered to future teachers throughout the year 

Day 2 of weeding created lots of material for the compost....

It did not take us long to realize that revamping the herb garden was of great interest. Not only has it given us the opportunity to learn more about these amazingly fragrant plants giving life to our meals, but also a lot of space for us to let our creativity to shine. If you haven’t already come by the Orchard Garden, you should come on June 25^th for the Summer Celebration and see the wonderful work these passionate people are doing.   

At the end of the day we can now see the Rosemary, the Chive and Oregano...

By the end of our field to fork to field community experience, we should be able to identify and share some of our new knowledge with our students. I really hope the weather stays like this for the next two weeks. Stay tuned for more pictures...

Karine (UBC Teacher Candidate)