It’s planting season for the Junior Land Stewards! All of the fourth graders from the four CUSD (Cabrillo Unified School District) elementary schools got to work, planting over 15 different types of California indigenous plant seeds over the past two weeks. The number of plants growing totals over 320, and includes Clarkia, Poppy, Blue Eyed Grass, Buckwheat, Gum Plant, Seaside Daisy, Sneezeweed, Lupine, Iris, and Yarrow…and this is just to name a few. These plants will be measured and observed over the next three months while they grow big enough to be transplanted into the 4th grader's native pollinator gardens. Students will also be documenting the results of their controlled experiments- observing the differences between seeds planted in fertilized vs. unfertilized soil. Students will be learning to make predictions, document the changes ( through observations and measurements in their nature journals) and display their results through graphs and charts.
Thank you to all of the wonderful volunteers who helped plant seeds with these Junior Land Stewards. These volunteers include April Ramos, Robin Arkell, Robin Kirby, Terry Sweeney, Diana Purucker, Barbara Lohman, Barbara Dye, John Zimmer, Larkin Evans, and Rachel Moberg.
Please consider donating to support the Junior Land Stewards Program, so that it may continue to guide our Coastside youth to develop the skills and desire to be life long stewards of our shared open spaces.