Georgia School Garden Network

Have you taken 9 seconds to vote yet? 😅🙏😇 Please vote (family members can vote, too!)....I love that I don't have to ask for money, just 9 seconds of your time!! 💚

Today we had the Latin American Association - Asociación Latinoamericana videotaping at the school garden - they are featuring our very own Beatriz González (Lesbia) in their LAA Stories Project!🤩Lesbia runs "Cultivando!" my nonprofit's urban agriculture program for Spanish speaking adults and youth. If you VOTE FOR ME🎉🎉 (and get your family + 500 of your closes friends to vote too!😅) I will win $30,000 for Gardens4GrowingCommunity. 100% of that award will go towards helping Cultivando! and our other urban farming and school garden programs continue....it takes about 9 seconds and will make a HUGE difference for the communities we support! https://www.coxenterprises.com/our-impact/cox-conserves-heroes 👀🗳✅😇

Tomorrow morning at 7:30 AM!

Whether you are new to gardening or you want to share your expertise, Morning Garden Club is a series of mini webinars to connect with other school gardeners and learn specific tips for make your garden program a success.

May 11, 7:30-8:00 AM: "Planting Sweet Potatoes in your School Garden'' The perfect over-summer crop for any school garden, sweet potatoes require very little maintenance and can be planted in May before you leave for summer break. Learn tips for sourcing, planting, caring for, and harvesting sweet potatoes with Wylde Center Educator, Dory Cooper.

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Warm spring-like days are ahead which means spring planting fever! We still have room for you to join Wylde Center's live webinar on all the veggies you can plant in March. Don't miss it!!

Grow a spring vegetable garden - February 8, 2023 @ 7 PM Kick off a new growing year by planting a spring vegetable garden. Join Stephanie Van Parys, Executive Director of Wylde Center and horticulturist to learn what vegetables to include in your spring garden. She will share tips on what to plant, how to plant, and tips for a successful and bountiful ha...

Learn more and RSVP at wyldecenter.org/event

What do I need to do with my school garden before I leave for Winter Break? ❄️

This is a question our Education Team gets often, so we’re hosting a webinar! Grab your coffee and join our “Morning School Garden Club” at 7:30AM on Dec 8 to learn and share tips for over-wintering your school garden.

Learn more and RSVP at wyldecenter.org/event

Calling all Educators! Wylde Center is hosting a Farm to School Open House event on Wed Oct 19 at our Oakhurst Garden!

This is a celebration of and an opportunity for local educators to:

🥕Learn more about the Wylde Center’s school programs
👩🏼‍🌾 Tour the garden and talk to experts
🍅 Try refreshments created by using in season produce and healthy ingredients
🌽 Meet other educators interested in Farm to School Initiatives
🐓 Check out our new chicken coop
🚌Enter to win a free field trip for your grade level!

This event is free and RSVP is recommended so we can be best prepared. Use this link for more information and to RSVP https://www.wyldecenter.org/event/113862/

Wylde Center is hiring!

https://www.wyldecenter.org/job-openings/

Wylde Center is hiring!

To check out the details of the following positions, visit https://www.wyldecenter.org/job-openings/

Greenspace and Facilities Director Full time
Facilities Manager (new position) Part time
Afterschool Manager (new position) Full time
Lead Educator Full time
Educator Part-time

Thanks!

Wylde Center sends out a monthly Farm to School newsletter chock full of articles, links, videos, and ideas you can use in your classroom. Sign up through the link and check out past newsletters.

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If a school has a campus, these healthy classrooms are in place....has anyone seen other teachers taking advantage of their school garden during the pandemic? Project Learning Tree

Outdoor classrooms reenergize kids during the pandemic When the pandemic forced his school to go to online learning, fifth-grader Bergen Manzella spent six hours a day staring at his computer screen.

Have a good day y’all! 💚

Wylde Center has another gardening webinar scheduled for December 11 that is free for teachers.

Wylde Center is excited to host local Decatur fruit-grower, Melissa Kacalamos, for the next installment of our Lunch & Learn webinar series on Friday, December 11 at 12 PM.

The fruits commonly available at the supermarket are generally hard to grow in our region, but many more obscure fruits are actually very easy to grow here. In this webinar, Melissa Kacalanos, local gardener, will teach about the easiest and most rewarding fruits to grow organically in our area.

Webinar will be recorded if you can't make the specific time.

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Know a nature-loving student who might be interested in earning some scholarship money? Please share the details at www.gacd.us/scholarships Georgia.USA Georgia Association of Conservation Districts