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Students are green thumbs at Pilgrim Wood Public School by Julia Le Oakville Beaver Staff 21 | Thursday, November 5, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Children at Pilgrim Wood Public School are growing into green thumbs. Over the last year, they've been getting their hands dirty creating an outdoor space for the school community to learn, play and grow. Earlier this fall, students, teachers, parents and special guests gathered in the garden to celebrate the fruits of their labour. They showcased their tulip bed, a butterfly garden with milkweed and nectar plants, five trees, 12 raised bed gardens and a shaded area. Students from the school's Outdoor Adventure Kids Club shared with guests how they made their very own organic soil, mixing earth, vermiculite and compost. They boasted about the fresh vegetables they've been able to harvest and the outdoor space that has attracted monarch butterflies and other tiny critters. One student said the garden's Three Sisters bed -- growing corn, beans and squash -- was her favourite place. "According to Iroquois legend, corn, beans and squash are three inseparable sisters who grow together and help each other," she said. While the corn provides a natural pole for bean vines to climb, beans themselves stabilize the corn plants, making see Lessons on p.23 Pilgrim Wood Public School's Garden Club (front, from left, Emily Viaene, Alexandra Gkousina, Vivian Hill, Sarah morgan, Kylie Milton, James Hume) and (back, from left) TD Canada Trust Manager Rob Mazzocato, Oakville Community Foundation member Carolyn McDougall, Mlle. Sarah Lowes, Whole Foods Community Relations France Fournier, school parent Andrea Rowe, Principal Gurdeep Lall and Ward 4 Councillor Allan Elgar cut the ribbon at the grand opening of Pilgrim Wood Public School's outdoor classroom and community garden this fall. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or Facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) Want to see your money doing better? Talk to us Watch your money grow with great rates from FirstOntario. Open a Be FREE & More Plan for $10 a month which includes: · · · · Five FREE Interac® transactions per month No fee overdraft protection FREE personalized cheques And more st. The H oliday M arketplace Fine ArtiSAnS And CrAFterS IROQUOIS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL ready INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE THE SEASON AT OUR PLUS Open a Mastercard® CHOICE REWARDS® product and a TFSA account You will RECEIVE: 1 A $100 Keg Steakhouse Gift Card and a TFSA Rate of: AnnuAl HolidAy SAle set SAturdAy · november 7 10Am - 4pm OVER 80 ARTISANS AND CRAFTERS JEWELLERY · HOME DÉCOR · GIFTS FOOD · CLOTHING · COLLECTIBLES DRIED FLORALS · PAPER PRODUCTS AND MUCH MORE N 2.10 %* 6 month Original artwork by Michael Byers shop Conditions apply. *Base rate is 1.60% plus a 0.50% bonus. Base rate is subject to change. 1 Gift cards available while supplies last. Dundas St. (Highway 5) 8th Line Trafalgar Rd. Glenashton Rd. Upper Middle Rd. IroquoIs HIgH scHool 1123 glenasHton DrIve oakvIlle, ontarIo 905.845.0012 aDmIssIon Is Free Iroquois Shore Rd. Call us at 1-800-616-8878 or visit FirstOntario.com QEW