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Jasmine Samar
Mar 3, 2011, 12:42:16 PM3/3/11
to Grow Gainesville School Gardens Committee
Let's have a little discussion about what goals we have for this
committee to accomplish, support, etc. whether it's very specific and
concrete, or broader and more abstract.
What is/are the purpose(s) (mission, vision) of this committee?
What can each of us individually contribute to the purpose(s), and
what are we looking for in terms of resources and/or support from this
committee?
Share your thoughts and other questions about this topic!
committee to accomplish, support, etc. whether it's very specific and
concrete, or broader and more abstract.
What is/are the purpose(s) (mission, vision) of this committee?
What can each of us individually contribute to the purpose(s), and
what are we looking for in terms of resources and/or support from this
committee?
Share your thoughts and other questions about this topic!
Meg Boyagian
Mar 3, 2011, 5:25:14 PM3/3/11
to Grow Gainesville School Gardens Committee
Hey all!
My name is Meg and I work at Kanapaha Middle School. As for the
committee, I would really like to see a community sharing of
curriculum materials for garden programs, some staff development
opportunities, as well as a network of experienced teachers who use
garden programs in their curriculum who can mentor/assist newbies! It
might be helpful for us to put together an information packet on
starting a garden. Just a few ideas.
Sarah Byrd and I are working on putting together a list of public
schools that have gardens available to their students. We hope to
have that together soon.
Cheers!
Meg
My name is Meg and I work at Kanapaha Middle School. As for the
committee, I would really like to see a community sharing of
curriculum materials for garden programs, some staff development
opportunities, as well as a network of experienced teachers who use
garden programs in their curriculum who can mentor/assist newbies! It
might be helpful for us to put together an information packet on
starting a garden. Just a few ideas.
Sarah Byrd and I are working on putting together a list of public
schools that have gardens available to their students. We hope to
have that together soon.
Cheers!
Meg
sarah byrd
Mar 3, 2011, 5:45:37 PM3/3/11
to Meg Boyagian, Grow Gainesville School Gardens Committee
I'm with Meg. I would also like to put some energy towards promoting public awareness
about the benefits of garden-based education. It would be great to host an event or two
in which kids in the community could participate in order to foster interest in community/
school gardens. I'm thinking of something hands-on in which kids and adults could experience
a sampling of garden-based learning. Just brainstorming...
david reed
Mar 3, 2011, 9:20:06 PM3/3/11
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School Gardeners,
These ideas sound great. FOG and Ag Extension should be a good source of info about all the existing school gardens. A curriculum for teachers is also a good idea - gardens are a good context for learning science, math, and just about anything else.
I am working at Highlands Presbyterian Church to set up place where many different activities can be demonstrated and taught - gardening, composting, growing starts, edible landscaping, food preparation, maybe even aquaculture and vermiculture. This might be a good place to bring teachers and students, and I hope it becomes a resource for the community.
What about doing these activities as part of after school programs? And what about getting older students involved in food preparation, during or after school?
And what if there were a school-to-farm program - schools could produce starts, which could be sent to local farms and gardens. Then the resulting produce could come back to the schools.
These ideas may sound a bit too real for schools, but they are being done elsewhere. Considering the severity of the recession, health problems, and poor diets, perhaps we should think more in terms of actual food production, in addition to education. This would give the programs some real meaning to students.
-Dave
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These ideas sound great. FOG and Ag Extension should be a good source of info about all the existing school gardens. A curriculum for teachers is also a good idea - gardens are a good context for learning science, math, and just about anything else.
I am working at Highlands Presbyterian Church to set up place where many different activities can be demonstrated and taught - gardening, composting, growing starts, edible landscaping, food preparation, maybe even aquaculture and vermiculture. This might be a good place to bring teachers and students, and I hope it becomes a resource for the community.
What about doing these activities as part of after school programs? And what about getting older students involved in food preparation, during or after school?
And what if there were a school-to-farm program - schools could produce starts, which could be sent to local farms and gardens. Then the resulting produce could come back to the schools.
These ideas may sound a bit too real for schools, but they are being done elsewhere. Considering the severity of the recession, health problems, and poor diets, perhaps we should think more in terms of actual food production, in addition to education. This would give the programs some real meaning to students.
-Dave
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Meg Boyagian <meg.bo...@gmail.com> wrote:
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David Reed
cell 352-222-0651
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Mr Nichol
Mar 3, 2011, 11:23:30 PM3/3/11
to Grow Gainesville School Gardens Committee
My name is Glen Nichol
I am a teacher at Lawton Chiles Elementary in Haile Plantaion area.
I have started a school garden this year with the goal of growing food
that the cafeteria will use in our school lunches. I am not a
gardening expert by any means and think that gardening curriculum
would be a fantastic resource to help teachers like myself. Also,
some of the greatest challenges I have experienced were locating
resources to put together our garden project. I think one important
function of our committee should be to help organize and coordinate
various resources available in our community to help teachers and
schools start and maintain gardens. Besides the obvious financial
resources, it would also be extremely helpful to provide information
on where to obtain tools, supplies, seed, compost, etc. as well as who
to go to if they have questions or need guidance.
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I am a teacher at Lawton Chiles Elementary in Haile Plantaion area.
I have started a school garden this year with the goal of growing food
that the cafeteria will use in our school lunches. I am not a
gardening expert by any means and think that gardening curriculum
would be a fantastic resource to help teachers like myself. Also,
some of the greatest challenges I have experienced were locating
resources to put together our garden project. I think one important
function of our committee should be to help organize and coordinate
various resources available in our community to help teachers and
schools start and maintain gardens. Besides the obvious financial
resources, it would also be extremely helpful to provide information
on where to obtain tools, supplies, seed, compost, etc. as well as who
to go to if they have questions or need guidance.
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