What a sunny day! Summer? Almost! So let's make it green. We were
gardening and planting again, but with bigger pots and carton boxes and
also plants.
We started again with painting the marble pots using
corks this time. Some Eco Kids made just dots, some flowers, some
vegies, some patterns. The we let it dry and we were planting the
flowers from the seeds in the cartoons. Kids were surprised they could
use the carton boxes to it. They also were not sure what for were the wholes
on the bottom. They put the names of the flowers on the straws and then
plant the flowers. Some Eco Kids told me that their flowers from the
last ecoworkshop have now 1-2 cm. I am sure, in our house too:)
Then the marble pots were ready to plant and so Eco Kids did it. What was the plant?
Japanese spirea
Easily
grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun.
Tolerates light shade. Tolerates a wide range of soils. Remove faded
flower clusters as practicable (light shearing is an option) to
encourage additional bloom. Flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter
to early spring if needed.
Japanese spirea is a dense, upright, mounded, deciduous
shrub that typically grows 4-6’ tall with a slightly larger spread.
Leaves (to 3” long) are oval and sharpely toothed. Tiny pink flowers in
flat-topped clusters (corymbs) cover the foliage in late spring to
mid-summer with sparse and intermittent repeat bloom often occurring
throughout the remainder of the growing season. Flowers are attractive
to butterflies.
When it will be bigger in the pot, remember to plant it in the garden and then use the pot for the other plant or flower:)
The
other project we did was vases for outside. They came out just
beautiful. Eco Kids were painting them in different ways. They can put
the flowers in it and keep them in the garden, cause the paint on the
vases is permanent.
Now it will be 2 DAYS SPRING BREAK SESSION! See you soon!
