Leader
Emily Fano
Location
175-10 Cross Bay Boulevard Broad Channel, NY 11693
October/November – First Field Trip to Gateway National Recreation Area Introduction to Growing a Wild NYC program, seed collection and cleaning, soil testing, STEM activities, initial Fall plantings in park.
November - Order for thousands of native seedlings placed with Greenbelt Native Plant Center. These plants supplement what students grow in the classroom.
January – First Classroom Visit by Program Staff Introduction to seeds, seed germination, how to grow seedlings under grow lights in the classroom, how to care for seedlings.
March – Second Classroom Visit by Program Staff Staff demonstrate how to “step up” or transfer seedlings from seed trays to pots for later planting into the ground. Staff follow up with schools on their seed-growing experiments and protocols.
May/June – Students Create Pollinator Gardens Students, teachers, volunteers and program staff plant hundreds of high nectar seedlings that they've grown in their classrooms in their schoolyards.
May/June – Final Field Trip to Gateway All students return to their local national park to plant thousands of high nectar seedlings provided by our local native plant nursery, Greenbelt Native Plant Center.