Granby School Garden

06/07/2026

Ms Karyn here... This is from my home garden, but there is plenty of dill to share at the Granby Garden. Just watch out for swallowtail butterfly eggs or caterpillars on the dill (don't pick from those plants).
I have been setting rinsed dill leaves out on a dark sheet pan to dry in the sun. With the warm, sunny weather, it dries out in a few hours. Then mince the leaves and put them in a jar to use in your cooking.

05/26/2026

You guys. Bright Path is THE best thing you can do for your kiddo! 🩷

05/26/2026

Hello! 🥰 Happy Summer! 🍉☀️

Below is the annual Granby School Garden Summer Water and Harvest Sign Up 🌸💦🪴

This is such a wonderful summer family activity to do together - the school garden needs all of you this summer to stay healthy and happy until the kids return in August!

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05/18/2026

Hip hip hooray for our 2026 Garden Picnic winner!

We 🩷 this special day in the school garden with our Gator Game Night Garden Picnic raffle winner and 3 chosen friends!

Our winner enjoyed the school garden space ALL to herself today , along with her 3 friends! The kids made special garden lemonade with fresh mint and lemon balm , garden vinaigrette with fresh garden herbs and hand picked (and washed in our new sink!!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟) artisan lettuces ! The students also went home with special garden gifts from the garden volunteers 🌸🪴👩🏼‍🌾.

Also… check out our turnips! 🫜🫜🫜

05/14/2026

The Granby School Garden came to the high school on Tuesday for a fun student wellness event sponsored by the WKHS Activity Club!

Miss Karyn and Miss Heidi set up a fresh herb aromatherapy station for students to create herb satchet bags!

We LOVED seeing so many of our former garden students (all grown up 🥹🩷!)

Students loved selecting leaves from chocolate mint, mojito mint, spearmint, peppermint, lemon mint, lemon balm, lemon thyme, English thyme, dill, and oregano ! There were also many dried herbs as well as essential oils to use to help students relax, recharge, and de-stress before exams!

So many sniffs! Plants are cool!

05/14/2026

Check out Eagle Scout to be Owen demonstrating the engineering /plumbing for the new garden sink! 🥹

05/14/2026

Asparagus Day! 👏🏻

Garden Showcase! 👏🏻

Eagle Scout Project 👏🏻

Details in the captions 🥰

Please be sure to thank Tasha Tankovich and Jessica Stanard for their tireless efforts putting the Garden Showcase together!!! 🩷

05/09/2026

05/09/2026

BUSY! 🥰🧤🌱

A huge pile of garden gloves to be washed is always a fun sign of a busy school garden !

The student planning sheets for the new K-5 Sensory Garden were just incredible. I have included a few here to share!

Windchimes (sound) colorful annual flowers like Zinnias and Sunflowers (sight) , Lambs Ear (touch) , Blue False Indigo (sound) , herbs (smell) are just a few of the cool ideas the students generated and are now planting !

05/09/2026

Happy May!! 🦋

Although our weather and temperatures have been fairly cold these last few weeks , we are ALWAYS busy at the school garden. 🥰

With thanks to 4th grade students and Mrs.Mayberry, Granby Librarian extraordinaire, we have a brand new garden bed area!

Last Fall, 4th grade students used the Lasagne Compost layering method to suffocate the grass organically where the new K-5 Sensory Garden will be! Students learned how “sheet compost” and layer browns (carbon) and greens (nitrogen) to suppress the grass and create a nutrient rich soil!

The process can take 4-6 months … and these awesome students were successful! The new garden area is ready for planting and students came out with Mrs.Mayberry this week to get started!

After brainstorming and researching during library time, the 4th grade students came up with some incredible ideas and plans to stimulate the 5 senses with various plants and interest areas in the new garden bed!