Join our Green Team to discuss ways you can support our amazing Lapham & Marquette gardens! These outdoor classroom spaces are what make our school community unique and special. To continue the tradition - we need your support! 

RSVP is not required to attend the meeting. Here is the agenda for the meeting:

• Welcome new guests/introductions (operation fresh start/community members, teachers, etc)
• Provide a background of Rooted/AC position for new attendees and provide information on GiR (Gardener in Residence) transition - Emily update
  • Answer any GiR questions or defer to Erica, any general questions
  • With transition approaching, defining goals from the staff on use of garden space or interactions with GiR will be important
  • Ask an attendee who has been involved with the garden for a while to share history of Lapham garden (has been around since Mr. Ken Swift started taking students out when he was a teacher) and Marquette garden (new space with a lot of potential) for newcomer understanding
• Farm to School updates - Emily update
• Share updates from principals meeting, ongoing conversation
• Plan a more defined teacher garden-workshop for the spring to share with schools ASAP to gauge interest
  • Best if done during school day, will need more clarification on when from school
  • Ideas – Garden cooking activity paired with garden lesson activity
  • Emily will ask Erica/Bronte and Nathan Larson to help support (they have experience doing this with other schools)
• Set a date for post-spring break garden club at Marquette
  • A full group is on the waitlist currently (for first cohort?)
  • Do we want to run two separate days of the week again for 6 weeks?  Need to decide these factors prior to Ada sending out sign-up sheet
    • Emily can co-lead Tuesdays
• Lapham/Marquette spring programming transition - Abbey/Grace update
  • Emily to start running lessons with 5th grade at Marquette after Lapham finishes nutrition lessons
  • 6-8 weeks
  • Does programming go back to Lapham focused after, with the garden club at Marquette?  How can we continue to support teachers at Marquette with the parameters of Emily’s time?
• To be more accessible to staff and community members going forward, would it help to move the meeting time to directly after-school going forward? (2:45 or 3pm)
• Should we get a workday on the calendar?
• Earth Day event for students and school(s) or Earth Day workday again?
• Fundraising updates
• Any updates/developments that the GT wants to make to either of the gardens?