Organic Detergents and Harvest-Time!

We'll whisper it... summer is slowly, gently drawing to a close, but there's no need to start worrying for now because our garden has also grown from the tiny seeds that we'd planted all that time ago into luscious, green plants ready for harvest!

Hey there, little guy! Where did you come from?

After examining our plot, we began the day with an activity that was really central to the theme today -- "Going Green!" Using a fairly simple combination of water, vinegar, lemon zest, and some essential oils for added 'freshness,' we made our very own organic detergent, bottled-up and ready for use!
Then it was snack-time and today we had quite the nutritious treat in store for everyone -- ants-on-a-log! Spread some almond-and-cashew-butter on some slices of celery sticks and sprinkle some raisins on top and you have yourself a wonderfully delicious snack!

Putting some 'ants' on a 'log' -- note our little bottles of organic detergent too!

With our tummies all full, we then decided to read through a little bit of "The Lorax" in the shade to continue our environmental theme.

Reading "The Lorax" on a carpet of green!

Then it was time for some games! Firstly, we played a little guess-the-card game where one person had to guess what card they had on their head with only the actions of the other players to help them out!

"Guess what I am?"

This was followed by our own very own "tree-hugger-game," created at the request of one of our kids at an earlier event. The premise being that one player would be lead blindfolded to a tree in the garden/orchard and using their sense of touch and maybe also how the tree 'hugs' you, you would then have to find your way back to the 'tree' when the blindfold was removed.

The players are led to their tree

"There is an interesting texture to this tree"

 Over at the Sunnyside location, we also had a chance to test out our observational skills as we went around the garden seeing what compositions we could come up of the wonderful produce waiting to be harvested!

Rohan displays his pumpkin drawing!

Cassandra's butterflies float through her drawing of the garden!