These are quote from the first grade, saying their favorite part of garden club.

"I really like the rosemary and the strawberry I ate" -Jae (1st grader)

"I'm looking forward to...watching plants grow"-Ahbai (1st grader)

"I like smelling the mint"- Hanna (1st grader)

"I like planting the mint" -Madeline (1st grader)

10/22/10 Edible plant project with PHS first grade

First graders came to the garden to choose an edible plant to learn about. The sixth and seventh graders taught them how to measure the size of the newly sprouted plants. It was fun seeing them trying to use the meter sticks. Our first graders will track their plant's growth over the next month and will prepare and eat it once it is ready to harvest!

Reflections from our gardeners!

So... One week Todd told us we were having our annual garden party for the adults. This year he had planned something very special. He arranged for a professional chef named Su to help us choose and cook special dishes for the party! She came in and met with us one Friday, and brought in a bunch of cookbooks and food magazines to look at and chose from. After looking at them for a while, we chose some dishes that used winter vegetables and fruits. The following Friday, we met with Sue in the school kitchen. We took about 2 and a half hours to finish the dishes. We had SO much fun cutting, baking, stewing and stirring... I had a great time working with Sue and my friends. At the end of our cooking session, we presented a gift certificate to a spa to Sue for a gift. I'm just upset I didn't get to eat some of the food.


~Katrien (The awesome one)

To start off with cooking with Su was.....AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE! Working with her was a joy. She taught how to use so many different many tools and how to make our food come out perfect. It was so much fun and I hope we will get to work with her again. Last Friday we worked with different kinds of food mostly Winter fruits and vegetables. We cooked for 4 hours straight. Everyone had a job to do at all times and we never had time to even breathe. Even though we were dirty and sweaty at the end it was a great learning experience! After that we cleaned the dishes and gave Su a certificate to a spa and she was so happy. It just isn't fun that we didn't get to eat all of our hard work.

- Ashley [The awesomelicouslylicous one!:)]


We had an awesome time cooking with our guest cook Su. we picked out amazing things to eat for the garden adult party. unfortunately, I was busy, so I couldn't be a server at the party, or go to the work day for leftovers due to the SSAT's. it was fun to cook with a professional, and my favorite dish we made was the leek and onion soup. It was to die for. The garden club did a majority of the cooking, and the cooking consists of cutting, blending, baking, and much much more! I'm happy that garden club had this privilege to do something like this, and I hope that we will do more cooking in the future. I had a lot of fun even though I didn't get to eat any of the food, except for being able to taste test the soup. Blog ya later!

-Joanie (the photographer, and blogger)

A Full Week for PHS Garden Club

First Graders Working Friday at Lunch

Garden Workday!

Chef's at Work Preping for Party

It was a rich week for PHS gardeners. Our commitment to working with the first grade continued to grow this week. Or team of first grade gardeners were chaperoned by James as they took out plants that had gone to seed. They amended the soil and planted Yerba Buena, rosemary and mint. Su-Wun Harris returned to PHS to teach us how to prepare the food for our garden party. Su brought all sorts of cool tools for us to work with. We loved using her super sharp chef’s knives! We prepared leek soup, quiche, chicken sattay and strawberry shortcakes. The food turned out wonderfully. It was an amazing process! We are so thankful to Su-Wun Harris for sharing her time and experience. What a wonderful gift! That night parents, staff and garden supporters gathered to enjoy the foods the garden club prepared and to dance to live square dance music. A lot of fun and laughter was the order of the evening. Saturday morning students and parents gathered in the garden for our garden workday. Students worked hard removing plants that had gone to seed, amended soil and planted lettuce, chard, cabbage, spinach, lavender and lemon trees. We made remarkable progress in a short time and then shared a feast of bagels and cheese.

Party and Menu Planning + Potato Planting

PHS gardeners had the pleasure of welcoming Su Wun Harris to the roof garden. Su is a chef and teaches culinary arts at the San Francisco Art Institute. Su shared her expertise as she guided our planning of Friday's party menu. Su had us envision what we want our party to be, showing us how to stay within our budget. At the same time tying the menu to foods we hope to grow in our garden this season. It was fun going through all the beautiful cook books and foodie magazine Su brought along to inspire our work. We are very excited about the menu we've planned and can hardly wait to work with Su in the kitchen! Yes, Su will return to PHS next Friday to manage us in the kitchen as we prepare all the foods for that evening's festivities!

Another bright note, PHS first graders worked up a sweat as they continued planting potato in our very own potato towers. They love working with the seventh graders and getting their hands dirty in our garden. It is amazing what they can accomplish in 25 minutes!