GREAT NEWS

We just recieved the American Society of Landscape Architects, San Diego, grant for this coming year. We got $5,000 to create international gardens. And...we already started. 3rd graders with Frau Grogin have started to design a Japanese Garden in the lunch arbor area. I will show you sketches soon,

A Really Big Huge Thanks to ASLA San DIego.

Our New Greenhouse

A Great Big Huge Thanks to Lowe's for our new greenhouse. We received a Lowe's Toolbox grant recently and the greenhouse is up and running. A few more benches need to be built...eventually.

Good websites for kids

The rebel tomato
http://www.communitygardenwizard.com/

http://www.gardenabcs.com/

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/citizen_science/budburst/

Gardening Fall 2008

To all that love to make Albert EInstein Academies more beautiful,
We will be working every 2nd Saturday of the month starting September 13th.
9-12 AM

Please join us with your little garden helpers.

A Street entrance.

Beautification Day with SAP

July 16, 2008
Volunteer San Diego coordinated an amazing day at AEA.
Thanks to SAP Global, Business Software Company, brought 40 volunteers and AEA also had about 40 volunteers and 50 kids.

5 hours later the campus was transformed.
25 lunch tables painted with at least 2 coats of paint
A beautiful lunch arbor mural
Murals for the fences painted by kids
Stepping stones made by kids
New plants at entrance
Lots of mulching
New planter box/bench


Sweat was dripping.
Hard work -- hot day -- no complaints
BBQ, DJ, face painting, What fun!!!

Spruce-Up Day

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped on April 27th. It was really hot. It was about 85 at 9 in the morning and then got hotter. But we got a lot done. The succulent garden near the front entrance was planted. Yippeee.

Here's more 3rd graders in the garden....

3rd Graders Digging and Planting, April 9th

3rd graders planting

New Edible Garden

Gardening Day

Saturday, 9-12:00 March 1st

Volunteers Needed

Sunday, February, 24th, 2:00

Come help finish the garden beds. No experience neccessary.
Kids and always welcome to help or play.

Get some muscles,
Get dirty,
Make the campus more beautiful,
All at the same time.

Edible Garden Update

The last 2 weekends a lot of volunteers worked hard to get the edible garden area ready for planting. Thanks so much to all of you.
We need at least another day before planting.

Sunday, Feb 10th at 2:00 (unless pouring rain), we will be finishing the terracing and building planters hopefully. The soil is nice and easy to dig. Spread the word.

GROUNDHOG DAY

COME Build the Garden
at Albert Einstein Academies
Saturday, Feb. 2
9:00 - 12:00

All welcome especially kids

Peabody Charter Elementary School, Santa Barbara

Photos from the gardens and cafeteria at Peabody.

Healthy School Eating Websites

Healthy School Eating Websites
Los Angeles School District Reform - Farm to Schools
http://departments.oxy.edu/uepi/cfj/

Healthy School Lunches Report Card
http://www.healthyschoollunches.org/

Peabody Charter Schhol, Santa Barbara
http://www.peabodycharter.org/cafeteria.html

Alice Waters in the Kitchen and Garden
http://video.epicurious.com/index.jsp?auto_band=x&rf=sv&fr_story=2c436acefe531a004d4f562661fb0e4eccff5e22

School Foods Tool Kit
http://www.cspinet.org/schoolfoodkit/

Center for Ecoliteracy
http://ecoliteracy.org/seminars/rfhe-pdinstitute.html

Fruit Tree Maps

Fruit Tree Planting

On December 8th, 2007, The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, http://www.ftpf.org/fruittree101.htm, donated and planted 45 fruit trees on our campus. Here are some pictures of the event.
We thank the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation every day as the trees grow.