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Event Description:
Gain concrete ideas for simple changes to your garden site that will improve accessibility, simplify group management, and help students of all ages engage with the space in self-directed ways. This webinar is designed for school and community gardeners, but the information will be useful to those at any site that engages learners. The content focuses on urban environments, but many of the concepts are applicable to gardens anywhere.
This workshop is offered in partnership with New York Agriculture in the Classroom. Qualifying teachers can earn CTLE credit for participation.
Presenters:
- Adam Walker, Programs Manager for The Battery Conservancy. Adam directs the park's school and public program offerings and manages the educational urban farm and native plant forest farm. His career in environmental education has taken him across the country and included work in science classrooms, botanical gardens, production agriculture fields, and forest land. He received a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Yale School of the Environment, and is driven by the goal of strengthening place-based community networks to promote environmental justice and ecological health.
- Brittany Hoover, Urban Agriculture Education Specialist for Cornell CALS. Brittany serves as the Urban Agriculture Education Specialist with New York Agriculture in the Classroom, an outreach program of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell. With her role based in New York City, Brittany supports PreK-12 teachers by providing resources and facilitating workshops to empower teachers to integrate food and agriculture concepts into their core curriculum.
Please note that this virtual session will be slightly different from the in-person Urban Farming 101: Supporting Student Learning workshops happening on Friday and Saturday of this week. The virtual session will focus more on physical site design and setup, while the in-person workshops will dive deeper into specific examples and teaching demonstrations building off the design principles noted in the webinar. The virtual and in-person sessions are designed as complements to one another, but you're welcome to only attend a single session if you like.
To participate: You can RSVP through this Eventbrite page by clicking the "Reserve a spot" button, but we ask that you also be sure to register through the webinar link. You will not need a Microsoft account to participate in the webinar.
The Garden Design Principles webinar will help you to:
- Improve accessibility and engagement across your garden spaces through simple design adjustments
- Simplify and streamline group management in the garden
- Create self-directed stations for students
- Expand the variety of activities offered in your garden space
- Access curriculum resources and teaching support through NY Ag in the Classroom
Our Urban Farming 101 series of workshops features both virtual and in-person offerings each month throughout the season, covering the following topics:
- March: Crop Planning
- April: Soil & Seed Starting
- May: Plant Biology & Propagation
- June: Supporting Student Learning in the Garden
- July: Integrated Pest Management
- August: Native Plants and Wildlife Habitats
- September: Seed Saving
- October: Season Extension and Winter Growing
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This event and all other free programming is funded by donations to The Battery Conservancy. Donate here!
Questions? Email education@thebattery.org
