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Lynn Hyndman
05-17-2013
09:24 PM ET (US)
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Subject: Garden Swap
Friday May 24 - 4-7 pm
We have changed the LOCATION
On behalf of the Green Sanctuary of the Unitarian Church of Evanston
1330 Ridge (parking lot on Greenwood - one block north of Dempster)
Evanston, IL 60201
Plants, Seedlings, Divisions, Garden Items, Tools, Crafts, Pots, Reciepes ......
You have to come to this event to see the thousands of mostly plants that come and go. A most cooperative event with gardening as common theme. So much sharing. Come with what you have to share and leave with something that you wanted.
Impromtu musical jams - bring your musical instrument.
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Stephanie Fine
05-13-2013
03:05 PM ET (US)
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The Kids Table is hosting its second annual Easy Being Green Fest this Sunday, May 19 from 10am-2pm at Kilbourn Park. They'll have lots of family-friendly activities, including hands-on cooking with The Kids' Table, Truck Farm Chicago tours, worm composting with Urban Worm Girl, growing with WeFarm America, fun fitness challenges, food-themed art & more! Plus, a scavenger hunt and raffle with AMAZING prizes. $5 donation goes to Friends of Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse.
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Lynn Hyndman
04-30-2013
11:09 PM ET (US)
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School Gardening Conference
Solving Problems with School Gardening
CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
June 29 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Fee: $95
Lunch (optional): $18
Grade level: PreK – 12
CPDU credit: 7.5
Dear Colleague,
School Gardens present many challenges and opportunities. From a practical perspective, starting and maintaining a school garden requires a coordinated effort among school and community members. School gardeners face many decisions and challenges planning and maintaining the garden. Once you have the garden, it can become a living laboratory for science investigations and other curricular connections.
This year’s school gardening conference will provide helpful advice for the practical side of growing a successful school garden. It will also share activities and lessons that use the garden to teach problem solving and other thinking skills. Join us for a fun day filled with presentations and hands-on activities led by teachers and professionals in the field. The presentations offer practical ways to keep your garden growing and inquiry-based lesson ideas that get your students using the garden to understand nature. Enjoy the keynote presentation by Sharon Gamson Danks, author of the book Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation. She will show you that the challenges and opportunities with school gardens are shared by educators all over the world. You will have the opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Asphalt to Ecosystems at the conference ($39.95). Please bring your checkbook. Bring your questions and ask the experts during a panel discussion.
For full program schedule and session descriptions, click here.
One CPS Lane credit and one graduate credit (additional fee) are available if the conference is taken with the School Garden Road Trip on July 13. Call (847) 835-8253 for more information about this option.
School Garden Road Trip
July 13 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Fee: $75
Grade level: K – 12
CPDU credit: 7.5 (1 CPS Lane credit and 1 graduate credit are available if this class is taken together with the School Gardening Conference)
Join us on a tour of school gardens in the Chicago region. Learn directly from the schools about their challenges and successes and how their teachers use the gardens with their students. Explore school garden themes, techniques, and ideas for using school gardens to make cross-curricular connections.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment,
understanding, and conservation of plants and the natural world.
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road Glencoe, IL 60022
www.chicagobotanic.org
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Lynn Hyndman
04-29-2013
07:29 PM ET (US)
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An interesting piece -
Alice Waters, school officials talk teaching with food:
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots...425,0,5046401.story
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Clif Brown  04-19-2013
11:33 PM ET (US)
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Here is a remarkable New York Times story of a middle school student who created a science project looking at the effect of organic vs regular produce on fruit flies. I thought the school garden group might be interested in this example of do-it-yourself, of a student any teacher or parent would love to have, and of a defense of organic food.
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Lynn Hyndman
04-09-2013
03:49 PM ET (US)
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Register now for the
Chicago Botanic Garden's 2013 School Gardening Conference: Solving Problems with School Gardening!
Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Chicago Botanic Garden
8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
School Gardens present many challenges and opportunities. From a practical perspective, starting and maintaining a school garden requires a coordinated effort among school and sometimes community members. School gardeners face many decisions and challenges planning and maintaining the garden. Once you have the garden, it can become a living laboratory for science investigations and other curricular connections.
This year’s school gardening conference will provide helpful advice for the practical side of growing a successful school garden and also share activities and lessons that use the garden to teach problem solving and other thinking skills. Join us for a fun day filled with presentations and hands-on activities presented by teachers and professionals in the field that offer practical ways to keep your garden growing and inquiry-based lesson ideas that get your students using the garden to understand nature.. Enjoy the keynote presentation by Sharon Gamson Danks author of the book Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, who will show you how your efforts to confront the challenges and opportunities with school gardens are shared by educators all over the world. You will have the opportunity to purchase ($39.95) a signed copy of Asphalt to Ecosystems at the conference. Please bring your checkbook if you would like to partake in this opportunity. Bring your questions and “ask the experts” during a panel discussion.
Lunch (optional): $18.
You may either bring your own lunch or purchase lunch in advance. Options for purchase are the Strawberry Fields Forever Salad, Turkey Cranberry Wrap, and Roasted Vegetable and Goat Cheese Focaccia Sandwich.
Registration:
Current Green Teacher Network Member Schools:
$25 for up to 2 people per member school.
To register please call the Chicago Botanic Garden Registrar’s Office at 847-835-6801 and mention that you are from a GTN member school. If you are interested in purchasing lunch, please do so at the same time that you register (see lunch options above).
Non-member rate and additional people from member schools:
$95
To register please visit the Chicago Botanic Garden: http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ctl/teacherprograms/summer
You can register for lunch at the same time. Options will appear when you click the link for the Conference registration.
Credit options: CPDUs—7.5
One CPS Lane credit and/or one graduate credit (additional fee) are availbe if the conference is taken with the School
Garden Road Trip on July 13 (http://www.chicagobotanic.org/ctl/teacherprograms/summer).
Email rammann@chicagobotanic.org or call 847-835-8253 for more information about this option.
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Jaylene McCandlish
04-05-2013
10:54 AM ET (US)
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Does anyone have an electronic version of the curriculum that Dawes created? Oakton is using it to expand our classroom involvement in the garden.
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