<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi <div>Just saw this. I’d like to share that there will be a seed share and informational event with one school from Beverly-Sutherland discussing their school garden. March 25th. I’ll share the flyer. </div><div>Kathy Figel</div><div>Edna White Community Garden<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 19, 2023, at 9:48 AM, Lorraine Kells via Education <education@chicagocommunitygardens.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Hello,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We congratulate your decision to start a garden at Bret Harte Elem. and it's our hope to see you fully supported. To begin, yes a gardening project requires a lot of work, and the learning has started with your interest and continues year round, year after year.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I recommend you and Danielle Russell, who is copied on this email, start a conversation. Danielle is the school garden coordinator at Openlands. Their program is the best place to begin for workshops and grants. They also have run a volunteer program to bring people into school gardens.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">CCGA can help supply your garden with seeds and vegetable and herb seedlings in large groupings ready to go in the ground throughout the seasons. You will find pollinator attractive plants as well. We hold these distributions to supply community and school gardens and workshops with a minimal fee ($5) or free once your garden has broken ground.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I haven't gone into enough detail to thoroughly handle your request, so please feel free to stay in touch with all of us are CCGA. It's a start.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best</div><div dir="auto">Lorraine Kells, Co-chair, </div><div dir="auto">CCGA Education Committee </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 3:55 PM Shelton-Turner, Shequitis via Education <<a href="mailto:education@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">education@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon,<div>I would love to start a gardening project with students at Bret Harte school, however, I know there is a lot to learn about gardening. I notice you all have volunteers that support this work, my hope is to partner with someone who can help us grow a beautiful garden at Bret Harte School. I would like an opportunity to discuss this further with you. I look forward to hearing from you soon. </div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you, </div><div>Mrs. Shelton-Turner, MBA, M. Ed. </div><div>Assistant Principal</div><div>Bret Harte Elementary School</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."</div><div>-Maya Angelou</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><font face="georgia,serif"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span></span></span><br></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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