Joshua Dolan
Tuesday, March 4, 6:30-8:30pm
at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County, 615 Willow Avenue, Ithaca 14850School gardens and youth agriculture projects offer a unique educational opportunity and Tompkins County is rich with successful examples. The
Garden Educators Network seeks to bring current and aspiring school garden leaders together to share resources and ideas while building a strong local school gardens movement. Learn about starting and sustaining a school garden and how to integrate
a school garden into Common Core Curriculum,
with Wayne Gottlieb and Audrey Baker. Gottlieb is a 7th grade science at
DeWitt Middle School who has used gardens in
the curriculum for 14 years; Baker is a Director and co-founder of
Wood's Earth, a new farm
to school organization in the Ithaca Area. Baker also works with
imprisoned youth and adults on food issues. After the panel, time will
be allotted for Q&A, networking and the sharing of ideas. Free and open to the public. Questions? Contact Josh Dolan, Gardens
4 Humanity, at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County (607) 272-2292.
Interested teachers, parents and staff also can stay up to date on what’s going on with the G4H Garden Educators Network by joining our Google Group at: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/garden-educators-network