Plant a Smile at Pelion Outdoor Classroom!
ASPARAGUS and peas and berries
Please invite friends! We will have some special Jubilee plants available to celebrate Juneteenth of Buffalo Festival too.
WNY officially experienced MODERATE DROUGHT in 2025. It looks like a similar scenario is developing for this summer. Did you know we offer many native perennials, shrubs and seeds? They require less water. Find out more during our upcoming Strawberry Social & Plant Sale June 11th https://www.facebook.com/events/858185407338783
PAID INTERNSHIPS ARE RARE! This opportunity was made possible from a grant via New York State Department of Ag & Markets. Know someone home from college or one who stayed local? Know a person whose student loans are kicking in while they're waiting to find that job in degree field? Know a gramma that's spry and patient with GenX and Millennials? All should apply. This does not have age or income limitations. The best candidate will want to learn from BOTH collaborating organizations and will need reliable transportation.
The CHS Talent Show is happening this Thursday! Come see a night of amazing performances. $5 suggested donation at the door to support the Class of 2027.
STRAWBERRY SOCIAL & PLANT SALE THURSDAY 11JUNE 4-6:30pm We need help with games, treats, face painting, plant sales, cashiering, and cleanup. Alumz and Grammies always welcome. If your school club or class would like to sell treats to earn funds, please connect.
I hope at least some you acted upon our headsup and booked some camp site or spot to spend a whole day cavorting with the trolls...
DANCE AND RAISE FUNDS FOR SCHOOL EXTRACURRICULARS!
POTTING UP ELDERBERRY 4-6PM THURS 14MAY 212 BEST ST BFLO
The soil temperature and roots of these plants give the cues--it doesn't mean the seedlings aren't vulnerable to air temperatures (low overnight temps too) so plan to keep protecting them with upside black pots, or black garbage bags or a cold frame/cloche structure as needed.
FIND OUR BOOTH FOR: fancy sunflower planting sticks, HONEY, popcorn, BOTTOMLESS VANILLA, and garden storytime.
FANS--we need a chopsaw of our very own! MsCaesandra will be managing volunteers during this time--SHE CAN VENMO YOU if they happen to have a chopsaw for less than what's currently in her venmo acct.
In the past we have held a strawberry jam workshop on the Strawberry Moon so your jar manifests magical properties overnight... PUT A THUMBS UP below if you think we should schedule this for 29JUNE26
That one time we discovered a CRECOPIA CAT in the 3 Stanleys!! This is why we pile our leaves. https://www4.erie.gov/exec/press/erie-county-celebrates-earth-day
Pelion is proud to be recognized by our eco-warrior peers in Erie County. We want to help our students, families and neighbors become conscientious stewards of our shared natural space. In that way, we honor those who stewarded the land hundreds of years ago and those who will steward it hundreds of years into the future. https://www4.erie.gov/exec/press/erie-county-celebrates-earth-day
Planning to help the 2026 Monarch migration back down south starts now by ensuring you have host and nectar plants. Attend this UDIG and get THREE great options to add to your pollinator buffet. If you're in the WNY area--connect with us soon. Pollinator Pathway The Pollinator Partnership Native Plant Trust Monarch Joint Venture Monarch Watch
We're like TEENAGED for real!
Check out the Poem Guide for Robert Frost’s: “Nothing Gold Can Stay” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/148652/nothing-gold-can-stay-5c095cc5ab679
Mrs Moda brought out all the LOVELY 7th graders(I totally enjoyed seeing their sweet faces again) to capture spring details, practice their “draw what you see technique” and ABSORB all the sunshine.
HELP 8th graders go on overnight camping trip by stocking up on caffeine beans!
Saturday's session looks IFFY&SOGGY. We added FRIDAY 24APRIL 3-5PM because we really need to pot up the 100s of native plant babies asap. JOIN US! or share the invite. #happyearthday #EarthWeek2026
If your students are engaged in environmental issues, please connect us.
Thank you to all the volunteers who have helped with ALL THE LITTLE AND BIG STEPS. Over the last month we've met new Buffalovers of all ages and backgrounds, CHS parents+ students+siblings+alumni, college students, and even fans from out-of-town that took a moment to like a post on here or our instagram @pelionchs. ALL of the tiny tasks add up. We'd also like to give a special shoutout to Ellen Barnum who recruits parents and advocates for the garden and sometimes has to listen to Ms.Caesandra vent about obstacles and pests! She's lent her ear for the last 7ish years? (that's a lot of venting). Creating and maintaining a dynamic classroom is a huge job and we literally could not do it without volunteers. Thank you all.
We have mature specimens of ninebark, aronia berry and service berry if you'd like to see how large these get. We also avoid removing/mulching leaves because many of the moth cocoons are in hidden in the leaf fall. They will remain dormant until the spring thaw so it's important to protect those piles so moths survive.
We know there's a lot of local competition for Earth Day activities. If you have not decided where to help out THIS Saturday April 25th 10am-NOON, please consider helping us pot up 100+ native plant babies. Bring a friend.
SO FUN TO SEE! Meanwhile, Ms.Caesandra is carefully stacking small germination trays like a jenga tower over the heat registers... Show us the seeds you've started for the season!
Toad by Norman MacCaig
Here is the tutorial for the greenhouse kit we will build Saturday 11APRIL 10am-NOON. If you happen to have an allen wrench kit or set of phillips screw drivers, or a tamper, please bring them. We are hoping for one person to step us as the foreman for this task so that Ms.Caesandra can keep working the other to-do lists with other volunteers.
I had no idea there are factories that dye eggs. I guess I assumed this was the one job we'd leave for children all over the world to do at the kitchen table spilling vinegar everywhere.
