NEWS & INFORMATION
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Garden Train's archive of newsletters, meeting recaps, handouts, press.
NOVEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER
Nov., 18, 2019
Garden Train and Grow to Learn Present:
All the School Garden Grants and Free Stuff
LATEST GARDEN TRAIN NEWSLETTER
August 30, 2019
Garden Train celebrated the launch of Brooklyn Grange's new Sunset Park rooftbop farm and more.
CHANCELLOR CARRANZA SUPPORTS GARDEN TRAIN AND D15 SCHOOL GARDENS!
Sept. 29, 2018
Chancellor Carranza, along with D15 superintendent and other leaders, gave his support for our 1st Annual Brooklyn School Gardens Crawl in our press release.
BROOKLYN SCHOOL GARDENS CRAWL PLANNING MEETING
Agenda
The 10 participating schools
GARDEN TRAIN ANNOUNCES 1ST ANNUAL BROOKLYN SCHOOL GARDENS CRAWL
Announced August 2018
Garden Train, the District 15 School Gardens Consortium, will be hosting its first annual Brooklyn School Gardens Crawl in partnership with Grow to Learn! We invite the community to participate this free, family-friendly event.
Renowned school and community gardens advocate and food justice activist will be the featured speaker at the Kickoff. Current participating school gardens include: PS 15, PS 29, PS 39, PS 133, PS 154 and PS 295.
School gardens are the thriving parts of our schools that are visible to our neighbors and passersby. As such, gardens are wonderful vehicles to strengthen ties between schools and community. Garden Train strongly believes that by engaging with our school gardens, we are able to share our school-wide resources with the rest of the
district
On September 29 from 10 am to 2 pm, ten of our Garden Train member public school gardens will open their gates to further grow community. Participants will be able to tour the different gardens, connect with school gardeners across District 15 and enjoy a day of free activities. Activities will include arts and music, greening and composting, food and environmental justice events, and much more. Garden Train encourages you to visit that one garden you've always been curious about, three that share a common theme or even all ten! We can't wait for you to join us!
JULY 2018 NEWSLETTER
July 2018
Congratulations to our garden leaders for another school year of growth, but let's also recognize that gardens don't disappear because school is out for summer, which is the peak growing season. In fact, a lot of work goes into tending the gardens while the gates are closed, too. Parents and staff members across D15 work very hard to recruit and train volunteers over the summer.
MAY NEWSLETTER
May 2018
Composting Workshop by Garden Train member and Old Stone House gardener and educator and other news.
APRIL 2018 NEWSLETTER
April 2018
Gasworks NYC ceramics studio partnership, Garden Train acceptance into Edible Academy, Garden Train on Participatory Budgeting Ballot.
THE OFFICIAL GARDEN TRAIN PLAYLIST
2018
Tunes for tending to your D15 School Garden.
PARK SLOPE CIVIC COUNCIL RECOGNIZES GARDEN TRAIN
Spring/Summer 2018
The story behind Garden Train, New York City's First and Only Districtwide School Gardens Network
FEBRUARY 2018 MEETING RECAP
March 4, 2019
Our February meeting was a Native Plants Workshop hosted by Gowanus Canal Conservancy.
HANDOUT: NATIVE PLANTS IN BROOKLYN
February 26, 2018
Garden Train and Gowanus Canal Conservancy created this handout for Garden Train members to share with students. Anyone is welcome to use and share this handout, though!
GARDEN TRAIN VIBES: THE PLAYLIST
January 29, 2018
Music for getting your gardening vibe on. Tunes from R.E.M., Lenny Kravitz, The Beatles and other faves. Gardening never sounded so good.
JAN. 17 MEETING MINUTES
January 18, 2018
This was our second meeting as a school gardens consortium and our level of activity is already off the charts. Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm, District 15 school garden leaders and community partners. We are growing community!
NYC DOE LAUDS GARDEN TRAIN IN FEATURE ARTICLE
December 19, 2017
Excerpt: Garden Train, the City’s first-ever district-based school gardening consortium, is planting the seeds for school gardens in Brooklyn’s District 15 and beyond.
“First and foremost, school gardens build strong community ties and foster collaboration among students, teachers, parents, and neighbors,” said Chancellor Carmen Fariña. “District 15 is a leader in using school gardens to provide hands-on learning environments that teach students important lessons on nutrition, sustainability, and science.”
WE LIVESTREAMED OUR FIRST MEETING
Nov. 27, 2017
See what Assemblymembers Jo Anne Simon and Robert Carroll, champions of our public school gardens, had to say at our sprouting meeting.
CEC15 AND GROW TO LEARN LAUNCHED GARDEN TRAIN
Nov. 20, 2017
Read why we launched Garden Train and what our elected officials, community partners and garden leaders had to say about it.
RECAP OF GARDEN TRAIN'S SPROUTING MEETING
Nov. 27, 2017
District 15 garden leaders, community partners, businesses and elected officials came out in force to kick off a D15 school gardens consortium.
GARDEN TRAIN FOUNDER'S LAUNCH REMARKS
Nov. 27, 2017
Why did Kathy Park Price and CEC15 start Garden Train? To grow community. If you want to learn more about the network's background, please click!