A Filoli Vegetable Garden Activity facilitated by San Mateo County Poet Laureate Emerita Aileen Cassinetto, 15 September 2022
VEGETABLE GARDEN FIELD NOTES
Activity: Describe Filoli’s vegetable garden through the 5 senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.
Name: ________________ Date: __________
Name a vegetable you see in the garden: ________
What color is it: _______
Name one thing you hear as you walk around the garden: ____
Name one thing you taste as you walk around the garden: ____
Name one thing you smell as you walk around the garden: ____
Name one thing you can touch as you walk around the garden: ____
What is one positive emotion you feel right now: ________
Write your poem!
Title (color of vegetable + emotion): __________
It looks like ______.
It sounds like _______.
It tastes like _______.
It smells like ______.
It feels like ______.
RED HAPPINESS BY NICO
It looks like a tomato.
It sounds like whistle of the leaves.
It tastes like yumminess.
It smells like sweet flowers.
It feels like soft leaves.
PURPLE STRIPE BEAUTY BY PIRA
It looks like an eggplant.
It sounds like birds.
It tastes like crunchy cucumber.
It smells like fresh air.
It feels like herbs.
YELLOW, BLACK, GREEN PEACE BY TAMARA
It looks like corn.
It sounds like rustling leaves.
It tastes like fresh air.
It smells like earth and dirt.
It feels cool!
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