Welcome to the Argonaut Garden! 

We welcome students weekly to delve into the wonders of growth and cultivation. Stepping away from today's technology, we offer kids a chance to reconnect with nature and explore the timeless art of nurturing plants. Image result for sunflower emoji

 

STOP THE ARGO GARDEN FROM CLOSING!

Image result for sunflower emojiThe Argo Garden needs a Garden Docent, Co-Docents, or a group of volunteers for the 2025-2026 school year.  IF YOU CAN HELP, SIGN UP HERE!  See below for more details.

 

Image result for sunflower emojiThe Argo Garden also needs help over the summer watering the garden you can help HERE!

 

 

WANTED ARGO GARDEN DOCENT 2025-26
SIGN UP HERE!
Are you (or a family member) free from 12:15pm-1:25pm, one day a week, or a month?  The Argo Garden needs you!  You do not need to know ANYTHING about gardening.  We are asking someone in our Argo community to step up next year to help the kids explore the garden.  This can be any family member that has been cleared by the district (grandparents welcome).  The current garden docent will walk you through the garden volunteer steps.  The Argo Garden is a creative and forgiving place.  The minimum work is 1 hour a week; it can be anything you want beyond that!  The kids enjoy watering, raking, planting, and tending the fairy garden.  Please consider supporting our students and their creative outlet in the garden.  Volunteer or questions, please email admin-garden@argonautpta.org.
 
Requirements:
  • One hour a week, 12:15pm-1:25pm (weather depending). The day can be discussed with the garden support teacher.
  • Meet and communicate with the garden support teacher.
  • Assist the teacher and kids in watering, weeding, raking, planting.
  • Open and close the garden after the lunch time gardening.  
  • Gather supplies on occasion, plants and soil, per the garden budget.

 

Argo Garden: Summer Water Party 2025!   
We are asking for people to come to check on the garden for 1 hour a week, but more is always better!  
Tasks will be:  water plants and trees, check on shed doors, weeding, water conservation.
There will be a sign in and out sheet and a next task list to address garden needs.
If you are able to help, please add your name to the link below!
 

 

 

School Year 2024-25

The Argonaut Garden welcomes students every FRIDAY during lunchtime. Students engage in various activities such as planting seeds, watering, raking leaves, and exploring our two Dig Zones to find worms. They also spend time observing plants, insects and have even experimented with making fresh lemonade! Last year we harvested lettuce, carrots, radishes, strawberries and peas.  We are excited to see what this year will bring!

 

THE GARDEN NEEDS YOU! 

We are looking for volunteers and donated garden equipment!

 Sign up HERE!

(Grandparents and extended family WELCOME!)

 

Do you have ideas on how to make the most of the Argo Garden, please reach out! 

If you have any questions, please contact admin-garden@argonautpta.org.

 

GARDEN UPDATES May 2025

The garden has been busy this year!  Lots of hard-earned lemonade breaks were had as the kids worked in the garden!  They planted, raked, dug holes, saved worms, problem solved our ant "situation" and had fun!  The students grow all kinds of things:  lavender, lettuce, strawberries, beets, carrots, corn, sweet peas, herbs, lemons and pineapples (we are trying to) and our apples and plums are still saplings.  New to this year, we have added flowers, celery, artichokes, tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins.  We have also added tanbark to half the garden, expanded the fairy garden, put in a steppingstone hopscotch and as always, have rock tic-tac-toe.

 

Quotes from the garden students:

"I love sampling the strawberries"

"I had the best time when we raked the leaves and got to jump in them"

"We need Borax for this ant problem"

"That is the strangest carrot I have ever seen"

"That is not how you water a tree.  Let me show you how you water the trees"

"The fairy garden pond is amazing"

"Thank you"