School Garden
Harvest Fest 2022
Friday, September 16th 2022
Thursday September 29th, 2022, join us at Stratton School 4:30-6:30 to enjoy a meal prepared by our students using locally harvested foods. This event is open to our school families as well as community members. Any families or local community members who would like to donate fresh produce from their crops are asked to drop […]
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Sunflower Sale : Planting seeds of hope and peace for Ukraine
Tuesday, June 7th 2022
The Stratton Garden team will be selling sunflower seedlings and seed packets on Friday June 10th from 2:00-3:00pm in the Stratton School Gazebo. We are partnering with The Ascentria Care Alliance: Services for New Americans. All money raised will be going to food assistance for the Ukrainian refugee community in West Springfield, MA. If you […]
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Hanging Basket Sale to Benefit the School Garden and Nutrition Program
Sunday, May 1st 2022
To pre-order your Hangin Basket, fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetSxF7u574gNGBqwZB1YbA3fvk_8uk0MMRf7cuobYSpdL-rA/viewform?usp=sf_link UPDATE: The PTC sponsored dinner will be Spaghetti or Alfredo with Garlic Bread.
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Harvest Dinner Survey….
Hi Everyone, Please take a moment to participate in our Harvest Dinner Survey. Please click the link below to access it. Thank you! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeb_ULWluBZ5GW0BROovdcrNFkZhjeikphKR94a2ZfM-2l0Cw/viewform?usp=pp_url
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Compost
Wednesday, November 18th 2020
The Stratton School Garden Committee received a grant from the Maine Farm to School Network and Healthy Communities of the Capital Area to start a compost program at the school. This includes a 3 bin outside composting system for kitchen and garden scraps and vermicompost bins – worms – for some of the elementary classrooms. […]
Read moreHarvest Fest 2020 Video
Friday, October 23rd 2020
Sadly, the Harvest Fest was cancelled this year but we have this great compilation video of our students building, planting and harvesting in the school garden. Enjoy! Thank you Bailey DeBiase for putting this together!
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Gardening, cooking, health, and wellness are part of our culture at Stratton….
Friday, September 18th 2020
Read morePacket / Pallet Pick Up (try to say that 3 times fast!) Tuesday May 26th
Monday, May 25th 2020
Read moreStarting Seedlings
Monday, May 11th 2020
Short video on how to use your seed starting kits.
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