FRIZZLE GARDEN
LOCATION OF MOTHER MARY'S STATUE
This is the original location of the statue, on a concrete stand in the center of the main Frizzle Garden area. Mother Mary no longer sits on this stand.
Since it was very windy at times during the 2011-2012 school year, evidently it was decided that the statue would be protected better if it was placed in the outer plant area to the right of the Frizzle Garden,
as seen in the picture below. For the purpose of labeling our garden map on our test, we will show the statue in its original location.
as seen in the picture below. For the purpose of labeling our garden map on our test, we will show the statue in its original location.
SENSORY SENSATIONS
The Sensory Sensations section of the garden is an area that has plants that appeal to four of our five senses: touch, taste, sight, and smell. All of the plants appeal to our sense of sight and the lambs ears are fun to touch. The blooms on the lambs ears also have a sweet scent for us to smell. Oregano and chocolate mint appeal to our senses of smell and taste. This garden section also originally had lavender in the past, so if I can find some lavender to replace what died a few years ago, it will be added again!
In the white pot in the back of this garden section, we have our chocolate mint (which is Mrs. McGann's FAVORITE plant!) The leaves have toothed edges and when you press a leaf between your finger and thumb, it smells like chocolate and mint! It can be used in a cup of tea to flavor it. It needs to be kept in a container or it will spread all over the garden, even into other areas that are NOT parts of Sensory Sensations!
DELIGHTFUL DYES
In this section of the garden, we have plants that can be used to dye cloth or eggs. Here we currently have mountain laurel and black-eyed Susans, our state flower! Another plant that grows in this section is coreopsis, which has yellow flowers. That plant did not survive during the last few years, so I don't have a picture of it at the moment.
PALATE PLEASERS
In this garden section, we have plants that are pleasing to our palate, which is the roof of our mouths! This means that the plants in this section are edible. We can eat a part of the plant or stir it around in our hot tea to flavor our drink. The plants that we have in this section right now are lemon balm and spearmint. We also have a small little plant of ginger which was donated, but it is not doing very well. In the past we had sage in this section, so I hope to be able to add it again since it did not survive our hot summer.
NOTE: Two of our plants in the Sensory Sensations section of the garden are edible too, but we will need to study which plants are located in that section and which plants are located in the Palate Pleasers.
NOTE: Two of our plants in the Sensory Sensations section of the garden are edible too, but we will need to study which plants are located in that section and which plants are located in the Palate Pleasers.
NECTAR NOOK
The Nectar Nook is located over by the windows of the school library. It has plants that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The plants that currently grow here include stonecrop and yarrow. This section also has two plants that are repeats from other garden areas: lambs ears and black-eyed Susans! A few times we had a really nice bush called a butterfly bush, but it didn't survive the hot, dry summers.
Now you can get a better look at the black-eyed Susan plant that is growing right next to one of the stone crop plants. When we first started the Frizzle Garden here eleven years ago, this whole area was filled with a lot of black-eyed Susans, which was why it was designated to be our Nectar Nook section. A few years ago, the black-eyed Susans were all cut down by someone who did not realize that they were a part of our garden study. Now we only have a few growing here at the moment.