GARDENS 2009
PLANT OF THE MOMENT
GARDENS 2008
Below, you'll find a photo and brief description of the individual gardens here at Oscar Mayer Magnet School. We created this section so that students who do not live close to the school may check up on their plots over the summer via the internet.
PLANT OF THE MOMENT
A beautiful jalapeno pepper in our Montessori Garden is our first vegetable to appear! 6/21/08
Cabbage in the morning in the main plot. 7/31/08
A monarch butterfly comes to visit our double decker coneflower in the Perennial Garden. 7/31/08
Who doesn't love the look of a little purple eggplant! 7/31/08
This cauliflower eventually grew to the size of a football. I grilled on the BBQ and my 6 year old son said that it tasted like popcorn. 10/06/08
FRONT DOOR CONTAINERS
Oscar Mayer Magnet School 8th graders partnered with DePaul University students studying biodiversity in Illinois. Together they designed and planted a Native Illinois garden in two containers flanking the front doors of our school. The following plants were chosen: nodding wild onion, prairie smoke, false dandelion, wild stonecrop sedum, sweet vanilla grass, meadow anemone, purple coneflower, wild geranium, prairie dropseed, flowing spurge, bellflower, columbine and black-eyed susans.
MONTESSORI GARDEN
All four of our Early Childhood Montessori classes planted our "salsa garden". Some classes even started their own seeds in Spring. Along with tomato, cilantro and jalepano pepper plants, the kids also planted: oregano, thyme, red and yellow peppers, sweet snap peas, green beans, zucchini squash, lavender, rosemary and marigold plants.
PERENNIAL GARDEN
In the south corner of our Main Plot we have planted a Perennial Garden. Plants featured are: Ligularia "little rocket", Ligularia "britt-marie crawford, Threadleaf Tickseed, Korean Feather Grass, Coneflower "doubledecker", Montbretia Crocosmia "lucifer", Liatris "blazing star", Blue Fescue, Snowdrop Anemone, Coral Bells, Perennial Fountain Grass, Clematis and Daylily.
MAIN PLOT
ROOM 102
Nasturtiums, sage, beans, cabbage and peppers. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 104
Nasturtiums, mint, snap peas and radishes. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 111
Rosemary, thyme, radishes, pepper, green beans, beets and sage. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 204
Arugula, radishes, beets, onions and lavender. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 206
Sage, peppers, beans, rosemary and lavender. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 207
Oregano, swiss chard, sage, rosemary, beets, onions and snap peas. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 208
Thyme, nasturtiums and green beans. June 2008
August 1, 2008
ROOM 213
Green beans, lavender and radishes. June 2008
August 1, 2008
FUTURE 5TH GRADE CLASS
Ms. Mahoney's 4th grade class, who was very involved in the Garden Project, made face rocks and planted a big "5" in the 5th grade class garden plot in anticipation of next year!