Horticulture students at 811Q have been busy starting their seeds and getting the tower gardens up and running. Mr. Dean and the students hope you enjoy their new aeroponics webpage with crop info and pictures of the students hard at work. Great job, 811Q!
Who knew there are kiwis growing in Brooklyn?! See if you can spot them in the photo…
Teachers from this year’s Garden Partnership Program kicked off the year with professional learning sessions at their respective gardens. Check out some photos of learning in action at NYBG (below) and BBG (in the post above) all about this year’s theme, Plants We Eat.
811X wasted no time getting plants growing in the different systems in their brand new hydroponics lab. Check out their towers, vine crop and NFT systems with some very happy looking plants! Shout out to Ms. Colon and the whole 811X Horticulture team.
Look at this beauty spotted during our teacher workshop at NYBG in the Bronx. Can you identify which type of tree it is?
Students from 721M and some of the district coaches took the ferry to the Governor’s Island Urban Farm and Teaching Garden to make connections between the food the students grow in their hydroponic grow tower for the café and the way that food is produced on a farm. They planted beans, tasted strawberries straight from the patch, and got to know some of the worms that were busy composting our food scraps.
Garden Day 2024 was a success! We had a beautiful spring day of sharing, leading tours and exploring in the gardens at BBG. Nearly 400 students from 42 classes around the district participated in Garden Partnerships this year with a focus on the theme of TREES. Check out the class presentations on our Garden Day Wakelet page and the compilation video here.
Shabazul from 177Q made up a song while he was planting. Do you like to sing while you plant? We do!
Educators from around the city joined 177Q teacher Alanna O’Donnell and NY Ag in the Classroom’s Brittany Hoover on May 8 in Queens for a “Teaching with Chickens” workshop that did not disappoint!
D75 schools are doing an amazing job taking action and demonstrating stewardship of the planet during the citywide Climate Action Days! Check out our Climate Action Padlet to see what schools have been doing to address Energy, Waste, and Health, Wellness and Green Spaces. The next and final Climate Action Day of the year will be on June 12 and will focus on Water. We can’t wait to see how students choose to tackle this very important issue!
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