http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/index.shtml This is the RSS feed for the Environmental Learning & Garden category of the Orca K-8 website. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:05:07 PST en-us http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Green_River_Restoration_Project.shtml Environmental Learning & Garden Two Orca 4th/5th grade classes visited the Okimoto Levee in Kent and planted over 500 native plants! We worked in conjunction with King County & Earthcorps to restore a river area with native plants grown at Orca over the last 3 years. Our resident native plant guru & Orca parent- John Koon- set up this amazing opportunity for students to do a community service project. This project continues the extensive work that 4th/5th grade are doing learning about native NW plants.<br/> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:22:39 PST http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Green_River_Restoration_Project.shtml http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Welcome_to_Orca_s_new_garden.shtml Environmental Learning & Garden Welcome parents, students, and community members to Orca's new garden! We are creating an amazing program full of hands-on learning that will inspire schools across the world to adopt a philosophy of sustainability, community gardening, and environmental stewardship. Please check out our Orca Garden blog at http://orcagarden.wordpress.com This blog will keep you updated on all the great things that students are doing at Orca. Currently we are creating a master plan for our new garden area, that will have a strong focus on native plants, medicinal herbs, drought tolerant plants, and many more interesting themes (including a pizza garden!). Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:36:09 PST http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Welcome_to_Orca_s_new_garden.shtml http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Restoration_of_Native_Plants_along_the_Green_River.shtml Environmental Learning & Garden NOTES FROM OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM<br/> <br/> Green River Field Trip<br/> Orca’s fourth and fifth graders got on two school buses on Friday morning 5/2/08 and headed out to the Green<br/> River in Kent to work with EarthCorps staff on restoration and exploration of the riverbeds there. Sat, 10 May 2008 21:58:09 PST http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/Restoration_of_Native_Plants_along_the_Green_River.shtml http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/MULCH_at_the_P_Patch.shtml Environmental Learning & Garden What an amazing day at ORCA for Melanie’s class and the Hillman City P-Patch!<br/> <br/> <br/> I was inspired by the experience of Melanie’s 3rd grade children on Friday January 10th as we mulched our P patch beds. Rita Howard prepared a marvelous educational story about the scarcity of good land to garden and farm, and our need to protect the soil from washing away (erosion) and to build up it’s richness. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:23:01 PST http://www.orcapta.org/orca_garden/MULCH_at_the_P_Patch.shtml