Blessed Sacrament Children's Garden

Our school garden is also very pretty in the winter months. January 29, 2003

July 24, 2002

Our garden has grown so much!

Thank you to our garden angels who have watered,
weeded, and tended, our garden all summer.  It's beautiful!

This is how our garden came to be -

A cross curriculum project between Art and Science began in the fall of 1999 with the 7th grade classes.

They were studying the works of Claude Monet and the Impressionist Art Movement. They went on field trip to sketch the pond at Washington Park, collecting water samples and looking for life forms in the water and algae growth. They also studied the light factors that keeps pond life and aquatic plants alive. They built a water garden in the innercourt of the school.  

9/10/99  Scott beginning phase one.	9/14/99  Clearing out debris.
9/20/99  Isn't it beautiful!

We all enjoyed the water pond that the idea grew to include all of our students -

1st Grade - Butterfly Garden

2nd Grade - Worm and Soil Garden

3rd Grade - Prairie Grass Garden

4th Grade - Sunflower, Bird Seed Garden

5th Grade - Herb Garden

6th Grade - Shade Garden

7th Grade - Water Garden

April 13, 2002 - The Men's Club began tearing out the blacktop for the expanded garden area.

Planting Day
May 22, 2002

GARDEN DEDICATION CEREMONY
Thursday, May 30, 2002

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