The Bengal Garden at San Benito Rd Elementary

07/30/2020

We are so proud of our Bengals!🐾🐅

02/22/2020

Join us for a fun day in the Bengal Garden today!🌱

09/27/2019

Kindergarteners at San Benito Elementary Learn what soil is made of and how important soil is for plants. They interacted with 3 main types of soil (sand, silt, and clay) and got to shake up a soil “smoothie” (AKA soil jar test) with a sample of dirt from their school garden to investigate what kind of soil we have.

08/01/2017

We are fortunate that we live in California where gardens are abundant. Our students can enjoy learning about gardening on their own campus in outdoor classrooms. People in other parts of the country must find creative ways to connect people with nature. Check out the video below for more....

07/31/2017

There is a lot of interesting material to share with kids in this link.

07/13/2017

Thanks to One Cool Earth and Tom Taylor for continuing to lead efforts to make our school great! We can't wait to see the landscape and gardening improvements that are in store. Thanks to Principal Kathryn Holmes as well! 🌱🌿🌼

06/21/2017

10/23/2016

More workday photos.

10/23/2016

Tom and the teachers. Principal Kat and husband Bill hosted a work day for the Outdoor Classroom. Bill supplied a truck load of planter mix and then ended up wheelbarrowing most of it into the new row crop area. A partial donation was made by Minor's Hardware for retaining blocks along the back of the sidewalk. One Cool Earth and the Multiflora Club provided lots of plants and labor.
It was a very successful morning for the garden. Everybody worked very hard.

10/23/2016

Tom and the teachers. Principal Kat and husband Bill hosted a work day for the Outdoor Classroom. Bill supplied a truck load of planter mix and then ended up wheelbarrowing most of it into the new row crop area. A partial donation was made by Minor's Hardware for retaining blocks along the back of the sidewalk. One Cool Earth and the Multiflora Club provided lots of plants and labor.
It was a very successful morning for the garden. Everybody worked very hard.

10/11/2016

Mrs. Sletten's class was in The Outdoor Classroom (you know where) this week working on Earth Science "Raindrop Storyboards". They were all happy to get outside. Thank you Mrs. Sletten. Photos by Dolores Moura, who made all this happen.

10/01/2016

Mr. Ed Surman had been hired by the district to be the garden coordinator for San Benito, San Gabriel and Monterey elementary schools. He will tackle the irrigation system here next Monday. In the middle is Mr. Tom and on the right is Mr. Greg of One Cool Earth.