Next APS School Garden Meetup at the Career Center Greenhouse, Monday March 7, 4- 5 PM hosted by Joan Horwitt

Here's the info about Monday's School Garden Meetup at the Career Center where Campbell 4th graders had a recent field trip! All are welcome to join!

Jessica

 

Next APS School Garden Meetup
Monday March 7 , 4 – 5 PM
at Arlington Career Center
816 S Walter Reed Drive, Arlington, VA 22204
Sustainable Technologies and tour of the Greenhouse – Please RSVP at LINK
Come network and learn about the Arlington Career Center's Sustainable Technologies program, the new Arlington Tech initiative, and tour the Greenhouse, hosted by Joan Horwitt, volunteer and President of Reevesland Learning Center.
Joan will share some of the PEP (Program for Employment Preparedness) students' work: including growing and selling microgreen salads, and the collaboration with the culinary arts students program to produce compost. See the compost bins being designed, made and marketed by the Sustainable Technology students. Learn too about the aquaponics system, and other sustainable technologies, projects and partnerships.
Come and share too, your challenges, successes and best practices to promote urban agriculture and growing food in schools.
When you arrive at the Career Center, please go to the school office. Then meet as posted in the Greenhouse.
Event is free and all welcome.
Supervised children welcome.
Dress for the weather.
RSVP requested at this LINK (RSVP not required, but will help us copy handouts as needed).
SAVE the DATES for later spring APS School Garden Meetups
  • April 4, 4 – 5 PM – Thomas Jefferson Middle School – RSVP LINK
  • May 2, 4 – 5 PM – Carlin Springs Elementary School  
Please contact GrowingGreenSchools@gmail.com to host a school garden meetup. APS School Garden Meetups are an initiative of the APS Superintendent's Advisory Committee on Sustainability. The APS School Garden Meetups are no-cost, open to the public, and supervised children are welcome.