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Workshop I Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 Time: 4:30 pm – 7:30 pm Location: Garfield Park Conservatory
Good Night Garden, Plus Tool Sharpening for Beginners Learn some strategies for “tucking in” your garden spaces at the end of the summer growing season, plus Wicker Park Garden Club volunteers will teach us how to give garden tools a little TLC and sharpening for next season. Bring a hand tool of your own for sharpening: pruners, garden scissors, loppers, hedge-shears or hand-scythes (no shovels or axes and nothing with a serrated edge please). A light dinner will be provided.
Current GTN Member Schools: FREE (up to 3 teachers per school) Non-Member Schools: $45 per person
Please contact Melanie Harding for more information: (773) 638-1766 x.16 or
mharding@garfieldpark.org
Workshop II Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: TBA OR Date: Saturday, February 9, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: TBA
Vegetable Basics Training Growing vegetables at a school garden can be challenging, especially for first timers. Learn the basics of growing vegetables and which ones are best for your school’s space. A light lunch is included.
Current GTN Member Schools: FREE (up to 3 teachers per school) Non-Member Schools: $85 per person
Please contact Kristin LoVerde at Openlands for more information: (312) 863-6153 or kloverde@openlands.org.
Workshop III Date: Saturday, April 20, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – Noon Location: Garfield Park Conservatory
Using Gardens, Grounds, and
The child development experts are speaking loud and clear; we need to find more ways to get students learning outside the walls of our schools and institutions! Learn how to set the stage for inquiry-based learning by activating your school garden, playground, or even the sidewalk and parking lot with loose natural parts, simple tools, and big imaginations. It will do your students a world of good! A light dinner (Wednesday) or a light breakfast (Saturday) is provided.
GTN Member Schools: FREE (up to 3 teachers per school) Non-Member Schools: $45 per person
Please contact Melanie Harding for more information: (773) 638-1766 x16 or mharding@garfieldpark.org.
Workshop IV Date: Saturday, June 29, 2013 Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Chicago Botanic Garden
2013 School Gardening Conference Join us for a day of inspiration all about making the most of your school garden. The conference will have a variety of sessions on topics such as interdisciplinary curriculum connections, practical gardening tips, techniques for working with students of all ages and abilities, grant resources, and discussion forums allowing teachers to share school gardening successes and challenges and gather helpful suggestions from experts.
GTN Member Schools: $25 per person (up to 2 teachers per school) Non-Member Schools: $150 per person
Please contact Rebecca Ammann at Chicago Botanic Garden for more information: (847) 835-8253 or rammann@chicagobotanic.org.
Workshop V Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: TBA OR Date: Thursday, July 25, 2013 Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: TBA
Organizing & Stewarding Your School Garden Long-term stewardship of a school garden is imperative for sustainability. This workshop covers organizing and building your Garden Team, developing stewardship schedules, and learning how to harvest and weed your garden. Through activities and discussion, there is ample time to network and hear from your peers at other schools. It is highly recommended that at least two people from your school or Garden Team attend this workshop together.
GTN Member Schools: FREE (up to 3 teachers per school) Non-Member Schools: $85 per person
Please contact Kristin LoVerde at Openlands for more information: (312) 863-6153 or kloverde@openlands.org.
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 TEACHER LINKS
GTN Membership FEE
• $100 per school
Membership Contact
Kristin LoVerde Openlands
membership includes
Green Teacher Network brochure & membership application
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Green Teacher Network is a powerful collaboration between three of Chicago’s biggest greening organizations - Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance, Chicago Botanic Garden and Openlands. Through teacher trainings and events, we foster the use of plant-based learning in Chicago area schools and we support teachers’ efforts to create and use school gardens or growing spaces as curricular tools
