Growing Sustainable School Gardening Programs

Growing Sustainable School Gardening Programs

Date:  Thursday, July 27, 2023

Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. EST via Zoom (link will be sent in the registration confirmation email)

(Registration is required to attend the live presentation)

Cost:

Members- Free 

Non-Members - $10 (non-refundable) - or you can become a member ($20/year membership fee), attend ALL of our presentations for free, AND have access to our entire library of recordings to view later

About:

Why do some school garden projects thrive while others fail? This session will reveal proven tips and tricks to growing long term sustainability your school/youth garden program. Attendees will learn successful ideas for generating revenue, strategies for equipping teachers, structure for empowering students to be active leaders and how to best utilize youth/school/community volunteers to assist in program implementation/growth.

The presentation will be recorded for 

members to view later in our Video Library.

About our Speaker: 

Randy is an Extension Program Specialist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension and Curriculum Director for the International Junior Master Gardener program. A former 3rd grade teacher, Randy is the lead author of eight JMG® curriculum guides, including Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! curriculum and the recently released Early Childhood Learn, Grow, Eat & GO! curriculum. He guest lecturers for horticulture and education courses at Texas A&M, has been a guest host for the Weekend Gardener television segment for local CBS affiliate in College Station and regularly speaks at regional, state and national conferences across the country.

*Approval of this presentation for continuing education credit is at the discretion of

your program.