TDEC Middle Tennessee Community and School Garden Workshop 

Funding and use of Outdoor Spaces to Improve Process
of Education

Have a community or school garden and want to learn more? Want to start a community or school garden and learn how? Join TDEC in Nashville for a community and school garden workshop at Trevecca Nazarene University. Sessions will cover incorporating learning into school gardens, community partnerships, garden funding and sustainability, and organic gardening.

 

Held in President’s Dining Room, Jernigan Building, Trevecca Nazarene University

 

Workshop Schedule

8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration

9:00-9:15 a.m. Welcome, Greetings from TDEC

9:15-10:00 a.m.  Funding and use of Outdoor Spaces to Improve Process
of Education            

    Janice Lovell – Director, Grants and Foundation Relations, Trevecca Nazarene University

10:00-11:00 a.m. Using Local Environment to Create Community Partnerships and Improve Student Cognition

    Dr. Chris Farrell – Emeritus Professor of Biology and The Environment

11:00-11:30 a.m. Lunch and Networking

11:30-12:15 p.m. Organic Gardening

    Jason Adkins – Farm Manager, and Sustainable Program Coordinator, Trevecca Nazarene

12:15-1:15 p.m. Farm tour

1:15-1:30 p.m. Wrap-up and conclusions

 

               

 

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