GrowWELL Spring Garden Workshops - March 29!

[Shari Brown]

Hello gardeners! 

The CPS Office of Student Health and Wellness is excited to announce a morning of gardening workshops to kick off the 2014 growing season! 

Come learn to GrowWELL from experts in urban horticulture and student gardening activities, including: Common Threads, Seven Generations Ahead, McCormic-Tribune YMCA, Kitchen[Community], and University of Illinois Extension! Workshops will be focused on:

• basic gardening skills 
  
• vermicompost
  
• garden maintenance tips 
  
• pollinators
  
• curriculum connections for various age groups and subject areas, including: math, science, healthy eating, and school wellness. 

The workshops will be held on Saturday, March 29th at Shoesmith Elementary School from 9AM - 12:30PM, with a seed swap + "ask a master" Q&A to follow! 

Please register for the event on CPS University by searching for "GrowWELL" - CPDUs will be available! 

Things to bring:

• seeds to swap
  
• a garden lesson to share
  
• questions to ask
  
• ideas to share
  
• hands to get dirty! 

Please do not hesitate to reach out to Drew Thomas - dmtho...@cps.edu - with any questions or concerns! 

Looking forward to growing! 

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Shari Brown

Seven Generations Ahead

Program Associate

Office: 708.660.9912

Cell: 608.358.5357

Seven Generations Ahead |  Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities.   SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future.  Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.

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Seven Generations Ahead | <image002.png><image003.png> Founded in 2001, Seven Generations Ahead’s mission is to promote the development of ecologically sustainable and healthy communities.   SGA works with local government, community and private sector leaders to help communities make the changes they need to create a healthy and sustainable future.  Through community-wide sustainability planning and implementation, educational conferences and consulting, and school-based zero waste and farm to school programming and consulting, SGA is a catalyst for local community solutions to global environmental issues.

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