The Orchard Garden
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The Orchard Garden
1M ago
We had a wonderful time on October 3 learning from and on the land that is Orchard Garden, hosted by Madi, as part of EDST 534: The Theory & Practice of Transformative Learning & Education. Through sitting and observing, learning about the medicinal properties of certain plants, and learning and enacting principles of foraging, we all were able to appreciate and think about UBC and our relationship to (and understanding of) nature a bit differently.
Students were invited to take photos (some of which you will see below) of anything that caught their eye and also to write a Haiku ..read more
The Orchard Garden
4M ago
On July 11, we had the pleasure of visiting the Orchard Garden, where Madi led our group through the garden to showcase various plants while comparing various ways of growing. We planted the three sisters and painted a sign while munching on the delicious berries! It was really a pleasure to spent this time at the Orchard with such an amazing group. Much gratitude to Madi and Susan ..read more
The Orchard Garden
4M ago
Greetings! Today marks the final blog post from the Allergy Brigade as we conclude our Community Field Experience and prepare to return to classes next week. For our last day, we hosted the final Orchard Garden Workshop of the school year, enjoying a peaceful morning in the Garden. Our day began with introductions from the wonderful individuals who joined us, many of whom are from the secondary program that recently completed their CFE in the Orchard Garden. We are grateful they took the time to participate in the workshop today!
Our first activity focused on herbal teas, discussing which pla ..read more
The Orchard Garden
4M ago
Salutations and gentle tidings fellow readers of the blog! Here is another blog instalment written by the Allergy Brigade!
Yesterday was our summer solstice party! We had a wonderful day of crafts and food! We were joined by 4 local day care groups where the children participated in several activities. As the groups arrived we gave them a tour around the garden showing them the plants and animals that live in and around the garden. They enjoyed spotting slugs, picking raspberries and learning about the plants. Next they cycled through the following activities: bookmark making, natural dy ..read more
The Orchard Garden
4M ago
Today, we met up in the orchard garden to do our final prep for our summer solstice workshop. The in-person meeting at the UBC Orchard Garden was a highlight of the week. Seeing everyone face-to-face was incredibly rewarding and allowed us to solidify our plans and address any last-minute details. The garden, in full bloom, provided a picturesque backdrop, inspiring us further. We walked through the garden together, visualizing our workshop setup and making necessary adjustments.
As predicted, the thistle was in full gear again in the garden. We spent some time tidying up the boxes, pulling ..read more
The Orchard Garden
4M ago
Today, I visited the garden to grab more plants to practice making a tea out of. So far I have been mixing dry lemon balm leaves with various raspberries and currants. I have noticed many raspberries come out recently so I was very excited to use them in making tea. I was also going to try using the raspberry and currant leaves to make tea and see how that goes. We then met up as a group to talk about our Saturday workshop and figure out the types of activities that would help better understand for participants like how to explain the harvesting process an ..read more
The Orchard Garden
5M ago
Today the Solstice group met over WhatsApp again to discuss what supplies are working or need revision. We also confirmed the schedule for the upcoming days.
Kathleen confirmed her pesto recipe is ready and she has all the ingrediants ready. Alex confirmed he has investigated what natural paints will work best.
Danielle and Sarah counted rocks and confirmed 40 should we enough.
I (Sarah) tested the bookmarks and will make revisions to make it easier. First, they need to be bigger. Second, dried flowers will work better than fresh. Third, I will pre laminate some of them to make ..read more
The Orchard Garden
5M ago
Today we reconvened for our second day of planning!
We’ve been collecting various plants from the garden and attempting to brew some tea with them! While some teas have been wonderful, we are discovering that some other teas have not been so tasty. We discovered that lemon balm has a bit of a strange flavour. We think that perhaps we over brewed the tea or used too much lemon balm.
This is a learning process for us too, and we have definitely been learning a lot!
- Justin, Andrea, Dom ..read more
The Orchard Garden
5M ago
Today one half of the Orchard Garden CFE crew, Justin, Dom and I met on zoom to plan our activities for the final Orchard Garden workshop of the school year. We have decided on leaf printing and tea making. Today we were trying to figure out what plants we will use for our tea making, as we want to use ones that we already have in the garden or that are native to this region. As we go, we are learning about the traditional methods of drying herbs and other plants and how Indigenous peoples have used them for their healing properties. We are fully embracing this learning opportunity as none of ..read more
The Orchard Garden
5M ago
Today one half of the Orchard Garden CFE crew, Justin, Dom and I met on zoom to plan our activities for the final Orchard Garden workshop of the school year. We have decided on leaf printing and tea making. Today we were trying to figure out what plants we will use for our tea making, as we want to use ones that we already have in the garden or that are native to this region. As we go, we are learning about the traditional methods of drying herbs and other plants and how Indigenous peoples have used them for their healing properties. We are fully embracing this learning opportunity as none of ..read more