Monthly Archives: May 2014

Trees Atlanta: Summer Opportunities

Saturday, June 21st / 9AM – 12PM Carter Center Pollinator Garden Planting with Mr. Alex from Trees Atlanta Attention plant and pollinator lovers: Please join us June 21st, 2014, from 9:00 am-noon to installing and a native pollinator garden at The Carter Center. This is a fantastic opportunity not only give back to President Carter, but to assist our pollinatorContinue reading “Trees Atlanta: Summer Opportunities”

Grow Your Own Mushrooms Grant

We were fortunate enough to receive a grant from the SPARK PTO to grow our own mushrooms this spring! For this project, we worked in collaboration with Jonathan Tescher at Sparta Imperial Mushrooms. Throughout the unit, students learned the history of mushrooms, how mushrooms grow, how to care for mushrooms, the parts of mushrooms, and aboutContinue reading “Grow Your Own Mushrooms Grant”

#GrowYourOwn Photo Competition

All SPARK students are invited to participate in the #GrowYourOwn Photo Competition! To enter, email Ms. Mobley (jennasmobley@gmail.com) a photo of the student with an edible plant that they are growing at home! Plants can be grown outdoor in a garden or indoors on a windowsill. You could grow herbs, fruits, or vegetables. They doContinue reading “#GrowYourOwn Photo Competition”