Grow Little Gardner
“In an age where many children are growing disconnected from nature, where farmland is being saturated with chemicals, where the global climate is unpredictable and extreme and where wild habitats are being replaced by urban development, our communities need creative and innovative leaders to change our world. We need children to learn and engage in a new land ethic that inspires Care for Self, Care for others, and Care for the land and cultivates new generations of change-makers and environmentally conscious global citizens.” — Kaci Rae Christopher
FOHW is thrilled to announce that Mathilde Burlion, Certified Master Gardener and local mom, will offer youth gardening classes each Friday through late fall with her Grow Little Gardener workshops in Herrontown Woods. In these sessions, children will learn and grow by exploring the woods and interacting with nature. Matilde will support and encourage their natural curiosity and imagination to create a bountiful garden together.
The sessions will cover a variety of gardening techniques and activities:
Being in nature and creating art with material from the woods
Care for wildlife and wildlife observation
Being a botanist
Being a scientist
Build and play
Sustainability
Gardening: how to care for a garden
Cooking with produce from the garden
Classes are on Friday mornings: Preschool: 9:30 - 10:00 AM
Elementary: 10:30 - 11:30 AM
Cost: $10 per session per child
Preschool & elementary-aged children are welcome to sign up. Parents must accompany all children. Classes will meet on the lawn next to the Veblen House in Herrontown Woods. Please park in the upper parking lot in Herrontown Woods off of Herrontown Road here. (GPS use the following address: 452 Herrontown Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540)
For more details, please visit the Grow Little Gardener website.
Instructors:
Mathilde Burlion,Master Gardener and founder of Grow Little Gardener & Andrew Thornton, longtime FOHW volunteer and Grow Little Gardener co-instructor