DC Schoolyard Greening in the News

 

2010

  • Click here for an article in the National Science Teacher's Association Journal Science and Children titled "Outdoor Classrooms" by Valynda Mayes that lists the DC Schoolyard Greening as a resource for project ideas.

2009

  • Click here for the Washington Post article "Planting the Seeds of Life Skills: Washington Area Schools Use Natural Classrooms As 'No Child Left Inside' Movement Gains Traction" by Michael Alison Chandler.
  • Click here for the Washington Home and Garden magazine article "Planting Hope: A quest to turn D.C.’s public school system into something like Eden" by Kim Orr.

2008

  • Read this article in the October Hill Rag about DC School Garden Week.
  • Click here for the November Washington Diplomat article "Gold Stars for Going Green: Area Schools Help Themselves While Helping the Environment " by Carolyn Cosmos
  • Download this November edition of Express to read an article by the Associated Press on page 39.

2007

  • Click here to read the DC School Garden Week named one of the top 9 Home and Garden events for fall 2007.
  • Click here to read an article about School Garden Week in the September 2007 issue of the Hill Rag.
  • Click here to read an article from the Washington Examiner (Real Estate section - October 12 2007 edition - page 11). Plus: We made another one of their top Home & Gardens Events --read it here!
  • Click here for an article from the Northwest Current summarizing School Garden Week events.

2005

  • Click here for an article in the Examiner about schoolyard gardens by Kathy Jentz.