Mount Maunganui Intermediate School’s Blog
Term 2 2026 in the Mount Maunganui Intermediate Gardens
We were incredibly happy to start our garden sessions back up in Week 2 of Term 2. This was all thanks to the fantastic support from our school and our local community. Everyone is so keen to see this programme continue as an important part of our students' hands-on learning, and we are deeply grateful to have our hands back in the soil.
Term 2 has been all about recycling resources, sowing and planting, and harvesting delicious garden rewards. Our intermediate gardeners did some great upcycling to solve our pest control issues and despite the cooler weather, the energy in our outdoor classroom was warm, busy, and full of creativity.
Term 1 2026 at Mount Maunganui Intermediate School Gardens
Term 1 of 2026 has been a great success for our students. With a new school year ahead of us, our focus this term was all about giving our returning year 8 and our new year 7 intermediate gardeners real ownership over their outdoor classroom.
In the garden at MMI - Term 4
The gardens have been the usual hive of activity at Mount Intermediate this term. Although the weather was a bit unsettled, the wet days provided a boost to the gardens and with a few warm weeks, they are now flourishing.
We have worked hard on maintaining a turnover of seedlings, so that we can keep the gardens productive. Although we have an irrigated shadehouse, the cooler start to the term made this challenging.
MMI School Garden Blog – Term 3 Recap
This term in the Mt Maunganui Intermediate School Gardens has been one of experiments, learning, and plenty of teamwork. A real highlight of the term has been our seed experiment. We wanted to know whether our iceberg lettuces would grow better in 6 cell plastic pots or in rolls of wool packaging. The results were clear – the wool “seed snails” took off much faster.
MMI School Gardens - Term 2 2025
Despite a run of wet Wednesdays, we have managed to have a fairly productive term two at Mount Maunganui Intermediate gardens.' Our big project this term has been our involvement in the NZ Monarch Butterfly Tagging Programme.
MMI School Gardens - Term 1 2025
This year we have welcomed a whole new crew to the gardens at MMI to work with our remaining year 8 gardeners who are showing them the ropes. We spent some time re-allocating and preparing garden beds for our new gardeners. Luckily our compost bays provided lots of amazing organic compost for topping up the beds.