Pre-Employment Program (PEP)
Meet our team (Leftt to Right): Elias, Mrs. Lau-Edwards, Brenden, Adalia, Jed, Berry, Nour, and Mala. There are two valuable members not visible whom we’ll refer to as the Mint and Chili Experts. Thanks to these students who worked tremendously Continue reading Rebellious Gardeners 2018-1019
May 29, 2019 Today Jed added more Rhubarb leaves to mulch (keep moisture in the soil and eventually compost into the soil) our baby carrot plants. Growing CARROTS, are notoriously hard to germinate and set roots Continue reading Hooray for Carrots!
We all know how good broccoli is for you, and the PEP garden is growing for the first time this year. Look at them emerging to be about the size of your thumb. Nour is are Broccoli expert and he Continue reading Mighty Broccolli
Freshly picked rhubarb made delicious muffins today!!!
Did you know before mass transportation rhubarb was considered the first fruit of the season in our growing region? Our first harvest of big leaves and thick stalks of rhubarb. Adalia, Jed and Elias all show off our bounty Continue reading Hello Rhubarb!
We were lucky to save seeds from last year’s lettuce, and now we have a bounty. Plenty for our lunch program and to share. Look how small they were when started them and how big and lush it is now Continue reading LETTUCE for Lunch Program!
Burnaby South Pre-Employment had a wonderful afternoon visiting with the PEP students at Byrne Creek. They gave us a tour of the school and left us feeling very welcomed. We hope to reconnect with them, when they visit us at Continue reading Byrne Creek Visit
In just 2.5 weeks the rhubarb has grown tremendously! Amazing for the PEP students to watch.
Media Arts students help out in the garden and supported PEP students with uploading photos to post for you to view here!
Check out our latest addition to help with watering the PEP garden. Nour with a thumbs up for Brenden’s know-how assembling the hose cart. This makes it so so so much easier to water and put away the hose. : Continue reading Grant used for a handy hose cart!