Uncategorized – Our Heart Garden

The Chrysalis Stage

Mrs. Kreuger Uncategorized May 25, 2017 0 Comment

Our caterpillars have each mostly made their way into their own chrysalis. We did not expect them to move once they were in the chrysalis!

Fun times moving each chrysalis to their new home today. Check out our dancer! pic.twitter.com/xDBwfATxFW

— Claire Kreuger (@ClaireKreuger) May 25, 2017

Heart Garden Ceremony will be June 2 at 1pm

Mrs. Kreuger Uncategorized May 24, 2017 0 Comment

Expanding the irrigation lines

Mrs. Kreuger Uncategorized May 13, 2017May 24, 2017 0 Comment

Many thanks to Dan Kreuger and Fanny Juteau for all their help expanding our irrigation system!

Transplanting seedlings

Mrs. Kreuger Uncategorized March 29, 2017 0 Comment

Keeping track in our garden journal.

Learning about Protecting the Environment from the Earth Rangers

Mrs. Kreuger Uncategorized December 8, 2016 0 Comment

We got to meet a crimson red toucanet today thanks to @EarthRangers . Learning about Reduce, Reuse, Recycle at @palliserheights pic.twitter.com/xf47J3HkGA

— Claire Kreuger (@ClaireKreuger) December 8, 2016

The American kestrel took a few flights around the @palliserheights gym with @EarthRangers pic.twitter.com/ne9kQklO6t

— Claire Kreuger (@ClaireKreuger) December 8, 2016

A peregrine falcon at @palliserheights thanks to @EarthRangers pic.twitter.com/zD4HCqkwpo

— Claire Kreuger (@ClaireKreuger) December 8, 2016

Planting Saskatchewan wildflowers

Mrs. Kreuger Garden Club, Planning the Garden, Seedlings, Uncategorized April 13, 2016November 14, 2016 0 Comment

Planting SK wildflowers 4 perennial part of #heartgarden with @palliserheights Garden Club https://t.co/a8Motr06lW pic.twitter.com/8RK29yPMuc

— Claire Kreuger (@ClaireKreuger) April 13, 2016

On June 3, 2015 the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission released their final report on the legacy of the Indian Residential School System. As part of the closing ceremonies, a Heart Garden was planted at Rideau Hall in Ottawa. School children wrote messages of reconciliation on hearts and planted them in the ground. In the spirit of reconciliation, students at Palliser Heights school were inspired to create our own Heart Garden at our school in Moose Jaw, SK.

Our goals for this project are three-fold:
1-To attend to the TRC Calls to Action to commemorate the legacy of residential schools and work towards reconciliation
2-To create a teaching garden space
3-To beautify an unsightly part of our school yard.

All our students learned about the history of residential schools in Canada and created both a Project of Heart Tile as well as a Heart for our pathway to the Heart Garden

We raised money and received many in-kind donations which allowed us to create a fenced in garden space, with irrigation and raised beds. We planted pumpkins, potatoes, carrots, beets, tomatoes (from the Tomatosphere project), Saskatoon berry bushes and various herbs. This fall we invited local chefs to help us cook up the produce.

We also set aside a corner of the garden for plants that are native to Saskatchewan. We received many seedlings from the First Nations University.

We are truly grateful for all the help we have received with this project!