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Granny's
Garden School
Connecting children
with nature
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volunteer job to fit you. |
__ Pick bouquets
__ April - frost, weekly,
picking
and deliver bouquets to assigned locations.
__ April - frost pick and
deliver bunches of flowers to retirement center for them to press.
__ Saturday, June 14, 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. pick bouquets
for tables at Loveland's Amazing Race.
__ Sustainable School Garden Growing
Project - we are developing a model for growing perennials and annuals
from seed and cuttings - without a greenhouse - that can be sold to raise
funds to support the school garden program. This program continues
year around. We need volunteers to work with our project manager
on all aspects of the project. What you will be doing will vary depending
on the season.
__ Join Granny's
Gardeners every Tuesday 8-10 a.m., Saturday 8-noon,
Monday-Thursday, 6-9 p.m. Work with Granny and other gardeners to do whatever needs doing.
.__ Work in the gardens __ by
myself __ with others. |
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__ Manager - work with volunteer
groups to oversee the continued development and management of the nature
trail.
__ Trail guide - lead classes
through nature walks during the school day.
__ Develop a field guide featuring
the plants, trees, insects and birds found on our grounds.
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| March - May __ class garden
volunteer - mature teenagers or adults to assist the garden coordinator
and classroom teachers guiding students in the gardens and/or on the nature
trail. Your support is more important than your knowledge. This is
a weekly commitment. |
All of our camps are outdoors. We need
volunteer camp assistants for every 5-7 children to work with the camp
leaders guiding the kids in various activities. Each camp is a week
long and runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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9-13 Granny's Garden Adventure - This
camp gives kids the opportunity to learn basic garden techniques and skills
from hands on experience.
__ June 9-13, Granny's Craft Camp
__ June 16-20 Victory
Garden Camp The camps are an innovative and practical idea meant
to give kids the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of organic gardening
and harvesting, cooking and eating fresh produce.
__ July 14-18 Victory
Garden Camp The camps are an innovative and practical idea
meant to give kids the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of organic
gardening and harvesting, cooking and eating fresh produce.
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Granny's
Spring Garden Party.takes
place the first Friday and Saturday in May.
This is the place to buy annuals, herbs
and perennials. Knowledgeable plant people from
Turner Farm and Marvin's
Organic Gardenswill be on hand to answer questions.
Volunteer jobs include:
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__ Friday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. - set up tables and
tents and unload plants
__ Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. loading
plants for customers
__ Saturday, 5-8 cleanup.
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August 25th, FlowerFor Teacher
__ 8:30-11 pick flowers for the kids to give
their teachers.
__ 2:30-4:30 pass out flowers to the children
as they enter the school building. |
October 25th-26th,
Make
a Difference Community Service Weekend in the gardens.
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| __ Granny's Crafty Crafters meet every Tuesday
12:20-3 p.m. to organize material for Granny's
Craft Room.
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__ Assist our administrative
assistant with various activities, including data entry and organizing
teaching material.
__ Website __ Manager
__ Editor
__ Writers - write articles to submit to various
media sources. |
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| __ I
did not find the kind of volunteer job on the list that I am
seeking. I would like to
discuss other possibilities. |
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