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School/Organization: Ecole Provencher
Grades/Ages: K-4
City: Winnipeg
Province: Manitoba
École Provencher Community Garden
Posted on: 24 May 2024Action: École Provencher decided to expand their current gardens and add 5 new garden beds so as to be able to grow flowers to attract pollinators to our yard. Students helped by starting plants that we will later transplant into the garden. We partnered wit...
Read More EditSharing the School Yard With Local Birds
Posted on: 14 May 2024Action: Students from a 5/6 class spent the fall and winter exploring human-nature relationships and wanted to encourage more positive interactions between birds and students. In short, they wanted to learn how to better share the land on which the school is...
Read More EditSupporting Wildlife in our School Yard
Posted on: 09 May 2024Action: Students researched which animals shared our schoolyard and learnt about ways we could support them through the addition of native plant species and people-made habitats. Bat houses, butterfly houses, bee and insect hotels were selected by students, ...
Read More EditJardin Ecole Provencher
Posted on: 19 May 2023Action: The Garden Planning Committee arranged for garden boxes to be built at the local Trades School in our division. We also surveyed the entire school and asked what they would like to see planted in our garden. Seeds and soil were procured through anoth...
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