This year (2016-2017) our vegetable growing has stepped up a gear. We renamed ourselves Incredible Edible, after the network in the UK which works to promote healthy living through vegetable growing. There are now two Services a week (Monday and Wednesday). We have a determined group of High Schoolers who have taken on this Service for the whole year. They are working as leaders for the Middle Schoolers - 10 students have just come to the end of a two season service, and on Mondays, Mrs Lane leads a group of Junior School students.
We have two vegetable growing areas - one on the roof by the Heritage Cafe and one by the Science Block. We are learning what grows, what gets eaten by bugs, what is drought resistant and heavy-rain tolerant (Singapore weather is tough on plants!). Students get to recognise problems and how to solve them, they learn how to grow from seed, how to propagate and tend plants - and eventually, how to harvest.
They work incredibly hard (that's why we call ourselves Incredible Edible!), and are learning to work as a team and to spread the word about these vital skills through running a stall at the Holiday and Community Fair.
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