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| Whitewater Middle students prepare soil for their new gardens |
Learn how you can nurture
school gardens, local foods
May 16 – The River District
invites you to Whitewater Middle School 6:30-8 p.m. May 22 to see our new
learning gardens for students and to hear plans for a community gardening
program called Whitewater Farms. The River District also seeks volunteers to
help with the gardens, particularly this summer after school ends. Everyone is
welcome.
These gardens are part of an
ambitious River District effort to boost our students’ learning and interest in
science, technology, engineering and math – often called STEM. Similar gardens
are under way at Mountain Island, Ida Rankin and Catawba Heights elementary;
and River Oaks and Whitewater academies.
• LEARN MORE: Visit catawbariverdistrict.org.
• DIRECTIONS: Whitewater
Middle is at 1520 Belmeade Drive, Charlotte. MAP
• VOLUNTEER: We need help
maintaining the schoolyard gardens this summer. Interested? EMAIL Edna Chirico
or call 704-562-8847.
Thanks for your appreciation! I feel very strongly about the plight of our native bees and hope that this blog will help people identify them and want to help save them by growing nectar-rich plants in their gardens.
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