Teaching DC Teachers to Garden

Baltimore Sun photo.

From Ed Bruske:

Are you a D.C. school teacher interested in learning how to grow vegetables and herbs at your school? Do you want to create or enhance outdoor learning areas at your school but don't know where to start? Get Out and Garden! is an introduction to schoolyard gardening and outdoor learning.

Workshop includes:

- How to start an edible school garden and effectively work with students outdoors.

- Experiential, hands-on workday to learn how to grow plants from seeds, plant and maintain a garden with students, soil preparation,composting, and more.

- Discussion of how to integrate nutrition and garden-based lessons into your curriculum.

- An introduction to local resources available to help with schoolyard projects.

- Ideas on how to create healthy snacks with garden produce – with your students!

Participating DCPS teachers will qualify for 9 recertification hours

Dates and Locations:
- Thursday, April 17th from 4:00pm – 7:00pm, Watkins Elementary School
420 12th St, SE (Metro Accessible; Limited street parking available)

- Saturday, April 19th from 9:00am – 3:00pm, Washington Youth Garden
U.S. National Arboretum, 3501 New York Avenue, N.E. (Parking available)

Materials Fee: $20 to cover the cost of materials and light meals.

This workshop is sponsored by DC Schoolyard Greening, a program of the DC Environmental Education Consortium.