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Celina Friends of the Gardens

Celina Friends of the Gardens is a 501(c)3 that supports the learning gardens of the Celina (Texas) Independent School District.

Located behind the Elementary School in Celina, Texas, the Celina Garden of Oz is in the process of being established by the Celina Garden Club.

11/05/2026

We love our guest speakers! Today we had the privilege of learning from Piper Klee-Waddle, president of the Celina Garden Club and owner of Urban Dirt! She taught the kids about cool weather veggies and brought collard, spinach & kale plants for the students to plant! So cool! 😎
After w**ding their beds and planting and watering, the students did more w**ding and raking. It was a beautiful day for photos. Some of the kids have watermelon, zucchini and beans growing!

10/22/2026

We had a beautiful day today in the garden, and it was a busy day!
First activity the kids painted their pumpkin-very creative paintings! Hope they made it out of their backpack.
Next, we w**ded and watered their planting pots. So much growth this past two weeks-some of the kids planted watermelon and it’s all taking over their pots. Kids are having fun learning which is a w**d and which is their plant!
Last activity we played the mummy game-(see photos). Each table chose one person to wrap as a mummy using toilet paper-what a fun game! Lots of cooperation involved in wrapping their mummy.
Ask your gardener what WBR stands for? Each week 3-4 gardeners are chosen for doing something Without Being Reminded. We’re working on fostering cooperation and helping others. When someone is finished with their watering and w**ding etc we ask them to find someone that needs help with their pot or activity. It’s amazing to see the gardeners doing this on their own now!
You should be seeing their pencil plant budding soon. Make sure your kiddo is watering their own pencil!
Our next meeting will be on November 4th. 🌻

10/08/2026

Fun time in the garden yesterday planting pencils! Remind your kids to water their plant. So much growing in their pots from the good rain last week.

10/08/2026

Have you ever planted a pencil? ✏️ Well, we did today! These pencils came with a seed capsule on the end instead of an eraser. The kids decorated a pot then planted their pencils. They will water when the soil gets dry and hopefully they’ll see plants pop up in a couple of weeks (flowers or herbs).
The students’ flowers and vegetables are taking off after that wonderful rain. Today they learned how to thin out crowded plants🌱 , as well as how to w**d and water💦 .
What a great group of kids!

10/01/2026

Let it rain, let it rain ☔️ The plants at Oz will be so happy! See you all next Wednesday!

09/24/2026

We had a great time yesterday in the garden. Kids painted hanging flowers and hope they made it home safely! Next activity was finishing planting in their containers-this week was flowers. They were excited to see their veggie plants already sprouting from last meeting. Many thanks to Ms. Linda and Mr. Ray for their watering each day keeping the plants alive! We’re hoping for cooler weather for our October meetings!

09/09/2026

We are very proud of our new gardeners as they persevered in our Texas heat 🥵and planted their seeds. We will keep the pots watered and hopefully by the time we meet again, we’ll have sprouts! 🌱
We’re looking forward to a great year with our returning and new students ! We still have spots open if anyone else wants to join. Lykins students can pick up a sign-up form in the office.

07/11/2026

Edit:
We are rescheduling our work day… stay tuned!
The Saturday morning work crew did a clean up today! Looking good.
If you’d like to come help, our next work day before school begins is August 8th from 8-9:30.

06/13/2026

Rain promotes growth, including undesirable w**ds! We had an awesome group helping out today at the Garden of Oz. Thank you to everyone who came. It looks so much better! See the before & after pics!

05/07/2026

The end of the year is always bittersweet! 😢
It was our last Garden of Oz meeting for the ‘25-‘26 school year this afternoon.
We ended with a party(a big thanks to Ms. Jennifer for picking up the goodies!), a couple of games and a final garden clean up! We were also surprised by a visit from one of the member’s pet dove, Coconut!
We sure will miss our 4th & 5th graders next year. We hope everyone has a wonderful summer ( maybe some time in the garden)! 😊

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550 S. Utah Drive
Celina, TX
75009

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