Virtual School Garden Tour 4/27 - Save the Date and Share!

[Tristana Pirkl]

Hi Everyone, 

Save the date...register...share with your networks...tune in live...engage with the school garden community through "Growing School Gardens", a virtual school garden tour and celebration on April 27 at 10am PST. The event will include stops at school garden sites across the country from Hawaii to DC and will include a visit from US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Villsack.

Details, links and information below, including how to win prizes and support for your school garden through a number of avenues. Let me know if you have any questions.

We hope to see you there! 

Best, 

Tristana

Tristana Pirkl Program Manager School Garden Support Organization (SGSO) Network (She/Her) www.sgsonetwork.org

Register, Connect and Win Prizes for School Gardens!

Join hundreds of schools on April 27 for the first-ever virtual school garden tour and educational broadcast event. Think virtual school assembly...by kids for kids! This event will make stops at seven school gardens from Hawaii to D.C. and connect educators and students across the country to celebrate the power of school gardens!  This event can be viewed as a 45-minute live-stream or accessed afterwards as separate lesson videos, each lasting about 3-5 minutes. Details & Registration Extend the Learning Each school garden stop has accompanying activities for students to do in the classroom or at home. Check them out in the Viewer Guide!  "Make a Flower Tape Bracelet" activity at Radcliff Elementary in Watsonville, CA. One of seven school garden tour stops.  Another school garden tour stop: Manzo Elementary - Tuscon, AZ. Enter the Social Media Contest Win $100 Gardener's Supply gift cards   Share with the community how you engage in school gardening! Each week we'll select one winner to receive a $100 Gardener's Supply gift card.  To enter: Follow us @sgsonetwork on Instagram and Twitter Post a photo of your student(s) engaging in school gardening (in person or virtually) Use #growingschoolgardens Tag @sgsonetwork and your school social media handles (if you have them) Share widely!  This celebration of school gardens is for everyone - we'd love if you invited others to join us! We've created a digital toolkit to help you get the word out, including a shareable one-pager, sample social media posts, graphics, and more!  April is Kids Garden Month!  We're partnering with KidsGardening to celebrate all throughout the month of April. Head to Kids Garden Month and share with them "What do you love about your garden?" for chances to receive weekly prizes and one of six grand prizes of $500 specifically for school gardens. Be sure to register!   Register for the April 27 event to receive a calendar invite, access to the Viewer Guide, and follow-up information.  We hope to see you there! Register Here Tell us about your SGSO by Updating Your Organization's Profile The School Garden Support Organization Network (SGSO) connects over 3,300 individuals and organizations. We aspire to build a constellation of organizations and schools that support, sustain, and advance the school garden movement at a district, regional, statewide, or national level.  www.sgsonetwork.org Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

[Tristana Pirkl]

Hi Everyone, 

Reminder: the 1st ever virtual school garden tour is tomorrow! 

See below for details, preview videos, sign the guestbook, and more! 

Reminder to follow us on Instagram or Twitter @sgsonetwork for details on how to enter our #growingschoolgardens contest and to head over to Kids Garden Month to enter to win $500 for your school garden - both available through the end of April. 

Excited for you all to tune in and celebrate the power and promise of school gardens! 

 

Best, 

Tristana

Tristana Pirkl Program Manager School Garden Support Organization (SGSO) Network (She/Her) www.sgsonetwork.org

Sneak Peek of Videos Coming Monday

COUNTDOWN TO THE FIRST-EVER GROWING SCHOOL GARDENS TOUR (TUESDAY, APRIL 27) Greetings! We are just a few days away from our first-ever Coast-to-Coast Virtual School Gardens Tour! Thanks to everyone who helped spread the word, we have 2,000 participants registered - including educators, school garden nonprofits and people passionate about gardening! We anticipate over 30,000 students nationwide will also be watching from from home or from school! This email includes some helpful information to make your viewing experience easy and fun - including how to access the tour videos, activity content for students, and more! Happy gardening and we will see you soon! ~ The Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation & The SGSO Network HELPFUL DETAILS FOR TUESDAY'S VIRTUAL EVENT All Event Videos Live Monday - Including Full Virtual Tour All event videos - including the full, 28-minute virtual tour and the separate videos that comprise the tour - will be available for on growingschoolgardens.org starting Monday, April 26. This is a full day before the “official” viewing, allowing you to preview the content and plan any corresponding activities before watching with students or children. “Official” Event Start Time - Tuesday, April 27 (10am PT) The “official” kick-off time for the virtual event is Tuesday, April 27 at 10am PT. Since the videos will already be on the website, you can start and stop them as needed. We encourage you to participate at this time, knowing that thousands of other schools, teachers, and parents will be tuning in "live" then, too! Sign Our Digital Guestbook When You Watch This event would not be possible without you! We want to capture who’s attending to help grow and strengthen the school gardening movement. Please take a moment to sign our digital guestbook, located on the homepage of the growingschoolgardens.org website and leave us a note while you’re there! Engage with Extension Activities To bring the video lessons to life, each video posted on the Viewer Guide page has an activity extension and discussion prompts to share with your students. Connect with Us on Social Please connect with us on social (@sgsonetwork) and share how you’re participating with #growingschoolgardens. We will continue picking winners each Friday through the end of the April to win a $100 Gardeners gift card. You can also engage with our friends at KidsGardening this month through their online contest to enter to win $500 for your school garden. Visit Growing School Gardens Website Over 2,000 Educators and School Garden Supporters will be Tuning In from ALL 50 States! Copyright © 2021 Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you registered for the Growing School Gardens Coast-to-Coast Virtual Tour. Our mailing address is: Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation 5455 E High St Ste 111 Phoenix, AZ 85054-5464 Add us to your address book

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