Green Market

Thanks to everyone who came to the Green Market!  It was a huge success!  Thank you to our sponsors for helping to make the event happen, and to the community for supporting green initiatives at the school.  It was a healthy and fun fundraiser for the gardens and for the 5^th grade graduation.  Pictures will soon follow.

At the gardens, the Garden Club is sowing quick crops (radishes and lettuces) and trying some things for the first time (strawberries and luffa).  With only two months to go, our growing season is winding down.  The banana trees are not, however.  Almost impervious to seasons, they are blooming and stretching out new hands in many directions.  The papayas and mulberry trees are fruiting as well.  

Family Weeding Fridays are still happening.  With no big projects looming, it's an easy weeding/watering time.  There's still an abundance of food in the garden.  If you help out, you can take some home.  If you're not already on the email list, please send an email to southpointepta@gmail.com.  See you in the gardens!

Green Market Invitation

Please follow the link below to RSVP to the Green Market and to become a Garden Sponsor.  Thank you!

South Pointe Elementary Green Market  Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM (PT) South Pointe Elementary 1050 4th Street Miami Beach, FL 33139 View Map   Event Details: GREEN MARKET @ SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY FREE EVENT  FOR ALL!! Farm-fresh produce, baked goods, food specialty items, garden flowers, herbs, plant sale and lots of environmental activities for our families! Presenting: The Tremends & the SPE Chorus!...Read more Share this event on Facebook and  Twitter. We hope you can make it! Cheers, South Pointe Elementary PTA

Save the date for SPE's annual Green Market! Come celebrate health and wellness, come explore the gardens, come for the three R's and beyond! This year's market will feature Teena's Pride (All Locally Grown Produce), Vita Coco, Whole Foods, GROW, Genius Jones, ECOMB, Rethink + Reuse, the Bass Museum and many more vendors, educators and green partners with special thanks to the The Clifton South Beach, a Cambean Hospitality Hotel for sponsoring the event. At the Green Market, families can make art out of recycled and reclaimed products, exchange lightbulbs and shower heads for more efficient models, recycle electronics, purchase locally-grown food, learn about native plants, find products made from sustainable materials, learn about water conservation, and find ways to become greener, one small eco-step at a time! (Proceeds from the event will be put toward green initiatives at SPE.)

Gardens and Green Market

The Miami spring has sprung and our gardens are again taking shape! The mulberry trees surrounding the vegetable beds are fruiting beautifully; our kids pick the fruit as quickly as it ripens. The vegetable beds are brimming with tomatoes, lettuces and herbs. Roger Horne visited the garden last month and started some luffa seeds. If they're a success, look for them at the Green Market next year (healthy fundraising, anyone?). Thanks, Roger!

The Smoothie Garden survived the whiteflies (still brewing, but not as abundant) and winter's brisk chill. Banana hands have returned, and we hope for an abundant crop before school's out. The Praying Hands variety just sprouted a hand, and the kids are amazed to see bananas growing not only in different sizes, but in different shapes. Mr. Londono's fifth grade class is now the custodian of the Smoothie Garden. They water, fertilize and mingle with the trees on a weekly basis. Thank you, class!

Finally, please save the date for SPE's annual Green Market - Saturday, March 26, 2011 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. We have 18 vendors confirmed from Teena's Pride, Whole Foods and Vita Coco to HiHo Batik, Jaya Loves Tekeko and Genius Jones. We'll celebrate what's good for us and what's good for our planet. If you would like to participate, please email us at southpointepta@gmail.com! Thank you!