Opening of Willow Park's Fruit and Herb Pocket Garden

See the flyer below - please come along to the Willow Park Garden Party to be held on Saturday 28 February from 10-1pm to launch the fruit and herb pocket garden. Willow Park is at the corner of Edgeworth David Avenue and Sherbrook Avenue in central Hornsby – there is only limited parking. There is no need to book….just come along and learn more about community gardening, recycling and energy saving.

This event is ideal for anyone interested in community gardening – Hornsby Council now has a new Community Gardening page on our website with resources….go to www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/communitygardens.

Pumpkin growing for the Royal Easter Show

It’s a fairytale dream come true for the kids at Hornsby Heights – they’ve grown a pumpkin. 
 
Year one and three kids are now tenderly nursing their Atlantic Pumpkin, hoping it’ll grow big enough to be a record breaker in time for the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
They’re taking part in The Great Backyard Pumpkin Challenge, and hope their pumpkin will be a winner at the show, which takes place from March 26 until April 8.
Teacher Kirsten Stroak even went to the school over the summer holidays to water the plants.
“We’ve got two healthy plants and there’s quite a few flowers on both, and the pumpkin we’ve got is about the size of a clenched fist.
“My students have always been very interested in growing things. Every class has a vegetable patch. They are very excited. They came back after the holidays and said ‘how are they growing?”
Entries close at 5pm Wednesday, February 11.
As well as the hotly contested biggest pumpkin competitions, there’s also some more unusual prizes up for grabs, including smallest pumpkin, celebrity look-alike pumpkin and best decorated pumpkin.

Full article in the Hornsby Advocate

Newsletter Term 1 Week 1 2015

Welcome Back for 2015!

Thanks
A great big thankyou to families that baby sat our chooks during the holidays! The “chooky” girls are back and loving all of the child attention again. The gardens are looking very bare but will soon be gaining some new plants!

Rosters
Are you interested in minding the school chooks for a weekend? It simply requires collecting the keys and weekend food on Friday afternoon and dropping by to feed, change their water and say hello on Saturday and Sunday of the weekend. You would be rostered on for approximately one weekend per term. If this sounds like a job for you please contact Ms Scanlan and include your contact details including email address, children names and any specific availability requests.

Meeting
Eco Garden Meetings are held each month on the third Tuesday of the month at 7pm in Miss Scanlon’s classroom, during term times. Our next meeting is on the 17th February. New members are always welcome. The first meeting of the year will look at replanting the gardens and plans for the year.

Being involved
The Eco Garden is a large part of the school at Hornsby Heights PS and involves many facets and people. There is gardening, animal minding, cooking, cake stalls and BBQs, building of infrastructure and lesson support. If you feel this is something you may be interested in or would like to find out more please come along to a meeting or contact Rhonda French. Many hands make light work.

Garden Tidy Up
In order to get the gardens ready for the year we will have a general garden tidy up on Friday afternoon at 2pm (6th February). If you are coming for pick up why not come a bit early and pull some weeds!