The Green Teens Spring Sessions Are Open!
Do you have a budding youth gardener? The FREE Green Teens youth gardening program’s spring sessions have started at Trackside Teen Center. All rising middle and high school students are welcome. No gardening experience is necessary – just an interest in nature and in helping others, as the program is rooted (no pun intended!) in community service. The program is held Wednesdays from 3:30-5 PM at Trackside, from May 14 – June 11. Sign up any time. Summer session will run Mondays from 9 to 11am from June 23 to Monday, August 11.
An initiative of Wilton Garden Club (WGC) and Trackside Teen Center, Green Teens is led by experienced WGC gardeners. Its participants engage in hands-on activities like designing garden beds, planting, maintaining, harvesting as well as learning about pollinators and how to cook with the produce grown in their gardens. They also hear from occasional guest speakers and make creative garden art projects. All of the produce grown is donated weekly to the Wilton Food Pantry and the fresh flowers grown are cut and arranged for the Wilton Senior Center.
To register, contact Laurie Musilli at dljamus@hotmail.com
*Image courtesy Wilton Garden Club