National Children & Youth Garden Symposium 2019 - Call for Sessions

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Hello School Garden Advocates!

 

In 2019, Madison has the honor of hosting the National Children & Youth Garden Symposium.  Please consider signing up to host a session and share your outdoor classroom stories, wisdom, and experience!

 

National Children & Youth Garden Symposium Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future Call for Session Proposals

The American Horticultural Society is pleased to announce its 27th annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium (NCYGS), the only national professional development event of its kind where we are cultivating tomorrow's gardeners by energizing, inspiring, and training today's garden educators. The 2019 event will take place July 10-13 in Madison, Wisconsin, hosted by Community Groundworks, the University of Wisconsin's Environmental Design Lab, and the Wisconsin School Garden Network. At the core of the symposium are peer-led educational sessions that focus on relevant, thought-provoking topics, provide attendees with practical knowledge and skills, and appeal to attendees representing a variety of experience levels, educational settings, and youth audiences.  Now's your chance to share your expertise with garden educators by presenting a session! We are calling for sessions that embody our theme, Building Blocks for a Sustainable Future. Sessions should introduce attendees to innovative sustainable gardening curriculum and practices, and partnerships; explore "green" career resources; and highlight model partnerships and management techniques for attracting the human, financial, and intellectual capital needed to sustain youth gardening endeavors. Session presenters receive a discounted registration rate to attend the symposium. Please reference these tips and guidelines and submit your session proposal online by December 31, 2018. Save the date for the 27th annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium! Who: adults working in many different capacities - garden designers, educators, community leaders - to connect young people with the natural world  What: an annual professional development event, training educators in current trends and best practices in garden- and nature-based learning When: July 10-13, 2019  Where: Madison, Wisconsin with excursions to the Troy Kid's Garden, Madison Children's Museum, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, and more Why: share ideas, success stories, and inspiration with like-minded colleagues from across the nation How: four dynamic days of: peer-taught sessions covering a range of relevant topics in small group settings to encourage substantive discussions field trips to regional sites with a garden/nature focus expert keynote presentations structured and informal networking opportunities    For more information about NCYGS or to unsubscribe from future NCYGS emails, contact educ...@ahsgardening.org.

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