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Find a group near you or start your own to amplify your impact. Mary asked if we could do a similar program with the new Gamble Garden Center. Kiyomi Masatani, the third grade teacher, was key to its success with her faithful support and suggestions. At that time, learning about plants was part of our science curriculum and gardening seemed a natural way to extend our classroom studies. The senior citizens would share their love and knowledge about gardening as well as provide role models for the children.
In our mobile society, not many children have grandparents living close to them. The seniors would help fill this void. In turn, the seniors would be stimulated by working with young children.
And so the Roots and Shoots program was launched, built on solid experience and high expectations. But, I wondered if these seasoned professionals experienced any surprises or unexpected benefits? Special friendships developed between the surrogate grandchildren and their surrogate grandparents. Mother Nature always furnishes us with surprises in a garden. A garden lets children have sensory experiences and hands-on learning that may not be available in the classroom.
For the children, nibbling on snacks made from plants they raised is always a highlight. High school students and college graduates who visit me always recall fond garden memories and ask about their volunteer. The Roots and Shoots program is still flourishing today, sixteen years after its beginnings. It meets from am to am almost every Thursday during the school year. Three third grade classes rotate their day in the garden so that each class meets every third week; each volunteer works with three different class groups.
The garden has moved from a corner of the property to its own prominent place near the center of the property. It was perfectly laid out for children by a farm advisor from the University of California Cooperative Extension.
There are twenty-two beds, most three feet wide so that children can reach all parts of the plot easily. Two beds are larger and are perfect for growing pumpkins and melons; some have trellises for vegetables, such as beans, that need support. Each year the students make a new scarecrow for the garden.
There is also a raised bed designed for wheelchair access. Each volunteer and her students are responsible for three plots. Thus, they experience all phases of a garden. Writing to her family in , Elisabeth Ellsworth gives a vivid synopsis of a day at the Roots and Shoots Garden. Each day in the garden includes a lesson about plants, their cycles, and the other critters found in a garden. The students work on a related project, and then spend time working in the garden.
One group of students prepares a snack, mostly of produce from the garden. As the children eat their snacks, they share things they experienced or found in the garden.
Then they hug their volunteers and head back to school. They write about each lesson in their garden journals. Art projects and creative writing assignments related to the garden are also included as part of the classroom activities. Edie Miller and I currently oversee the program. Edie started with Roots and Shoots many years ago when she was asked to manage the volunteers and their tasks.
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