In an effort to bring the ideas and interests of the teachers of Hayhurst School into the process of establishing the school garden program, the Hayhurst School Garden Council gave a simple teacher survey at the most recent staff meeting. The results of the survey are exciting to report and hopefully will go to facilitate the future efforts of the HSGC. When asked “would you be interested in incorporating school gardening into your instruction,” 100% of Hayhurst teachers said YES! Yep, you are reading that right, each and every teacher at Hayhurst Elementary School wants school gardening to be a part of their teaching.
Added to that they expressed the need for support mostly along the lines of gardening skills then, secondarily, the need for more garden-based curriculum resources and more time to work it in to their busy schedules.
These are important and motivational insights moving forward with school gardening at Hayhurst and the HSGC is currently working on an overall planning and visioning meeting to manage these positive results and for the long-term sustainability of the gardens at Hayhurst.
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