For several years now, there has been a school garden at St. Antoni Primary School. What began with a few herbs has grown over the years into a fairly large and central project for our school. By planting and tending their own garden beds, the children can gain experience and knowledge in „Education for Sustainable Development.“ The ideas are continuously adapted and linked as best as possible to Curriculum 21.

At our school, it is a place of learning, working, observing, sustainability, togetherness, peace, enjoyment, and during hot summer days, even an additional classroom. In our school garden, you can find a wide variety of flowers and plants, berry bushes, grapes, and fruit trees.

The following projects are currently underway.

Sponsored flower beds

Each of our 6th graders has a kindergarten buddy. Together, they tend to the strawberry beds and deepen their relationships in the process.

Photosynthesis

The high school students take care of the asparagus bed and learn about the process of photosynthesis.

school break snack

Carrots, radishes, various types of berries, grapes, apples, and pears are handed out during the weekly school morning snack. Every Wednesday, fresh bread, fruit, and vegetables are delivered by a farm shop from the village. Taking turns, one class at a time prepares a healthy and waste-free morning snack for the other children.

cycle of seeds

The tomatoes are grown from seed by ourselves in February, pricked out, planted and distributed, and new seeds are collected again in autumn for the upcoming season.

The lower grade children do the same with the pumpkins. Only we always buy new seeds there. From the pumpkins, the children make a soup that is served at the parents' evening.

The sunflowers are planted by the youngest and are simply beautiful.

From grain to bread

For example, last summer the 4H class was able to harvest the spelt that had been sown in the spring by another class. The children threshed the spelt by hand, ground it into flour, and baked bread. Afterward, with the help of a farmer, they sowed and cared for new grain, this time wheat. Now, another class will be able to harvest and process the wheat this summer.

generational project

With residents from the neighboring nursing home, sauerkraut will be made from self-grown cabbage.

So…

...producing and enjoying tea and herbal blends with herbs from the school garden,

...to have a delicious lamb's lettuce salad and potato rösti together for lunch

... observations at the infertile meadow, the wild bee hotel, and the earwig hotels

... observations around the compost

… Various flowers

... Corn Popcorn

The competencies of Lehrplan 21 can be developed in a very hands-on way through our school garden. The children experience the processes of nature up close and participate actively themselves. From sowing and weeding to harvesting and processing—the pupils can experience it all firsthand.