Eco Kids Workshop: Worms' day:)

We had rain and we had sun on the same day! Mother Nature likes to joke.

It was busy Saturday for us. Each group made some different things, because in the afternoon there were kids who could not made last ecoworkshop.

Both group started with... worms. Eco Kids had the occasion to see how they look and move, to get to know what they eat and why they are so good for soil. Eco Kids were observing them and some kids put them on their hands. Later we dig the wholes for the worms, put them there and cover with soil later. It was rainy, so good weather for them. Eco Kids were so enthusiastic about all of it! Some took few worms home to put them into their gardens.

First group was working on the Books Of Gardening and Planting. The idea of the book is to put there many useful information about planting and gardening, collecting all we were learning in this session and more. I gave Eco kids some photos from the magazines, they were welcome to write the poems and stories. They were all very creative!

After this it was time to make... apples out of the bottles. This was great project for spring and not so difficult, just simple and great! Some Eco Kids made red, some green and some yellow apples. You can see at the photos.

The last thing for the first group was making the hungers with the names putting the symbols of spring there, for example butterflies, flowers, etc. They came out so colorful!

The second group was decorating the pots, made out of rest overs from marble, bigger than the once we decorated before. Then they planted, not flower this time, but plant - japanese spirea. Here you have some important info about it:

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:)

Then Eco Kids planted also vegetables:

radish
paprica
green pea
carrot

Eco Kids used carton boxes for this and made their own signs for each vegetables. Now remember about water for them and later plant them in the garden. The own vegetables are the most tasty, yummy!