Mary Lin, Trees Atlanta Youth Education Program at work in garden!

Fourth grade classes at Mary Lin Elementary School recently planted over 120 plants in the Freedom Park Bird and Butterfly Garden under the auspices of the Trees Atlanta new Youth Education Program. The planting, which involved 80 students, was the finale of the yearlong project. There were 3 Artscapes leading up to the planting which highlighted Urban Forests, Food Webs and Native Plants. According to Lauren Sandoval, Youth Education Coordinator for Trees Atlanta, “the project was a great success which resulted in a beautiful planting day at a garden right in the students’ backyard…we added beauty to the community, made a lot of wildlife and pollinators happy and utilized the garden as an educational tool.” Lauren added that “Trees Atlanta is very excited” about this new program and will be participating with many other schools in the future. The program’s goal is to “cultivate environmental stewards for a life time.”  Native plants included Purple Hyssop, Celandine Poppy, Bee Balm, Milk Weed, Obedient Plant, Black-eyed Susan, Rue Anemone and Blue Lobelia.   You can contact Lauren for further information about the program at Lauren@treesatlanta.org


Pictured below are (top to bottom) Obedient Plant in bloom,  Lauren teaching students at the Garden,  students studying the chalkboard agenda, Bee Balm (Monarda) in bloom.