Coming Up Roses

Hannah and Amber looove roses, so they volunteered to take care of the school rose garden. They’ve been doing a great job and have been doing lots of reading about how to look after them and researching which varieties we have growing here. They’ve been giving the plants lots of water, worm wee and some special mulch that Clare was given. After Easter Clare is going to teach us all how to make natural sprays to help protect them from pests, and we’ll also start doing some companion planting which will help them even more.

Staying on the subject of roses, it’s becoming a ritual for the Block 2 kids to make rose petal tea to drink at discussion time. We’ve been experimenting with different petals and deciding whether we need to add sugar.

And speaking of adding a little sugar… Hannah and Amber decided that the teachers needed some cheering up – what better way than with these lovely blooms :)