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Ready to Grow Gardening: Let's Start a Garden Part 2

Join the second RTG Gardening session, presented in collaboration with Purdue Extension and Unity Gardens! This FREE virtual session will continue our conversation on how to start, revitalize, or expand a garden at your early care and learning program.

🌱 What to Expect:
✔ Practical steps to gardening in early childhood settings.
✔ Engaging gardening activities for young children
✔ What to plant (produce & flowers), planting times, garden bed spacing and more.
✔ Live Q&A to get your gardening questions answered while connecting with other early educators

🌻 Who Should Attend?
Early educators and program leaders in St. Joseph County, Indiana working with children ages 2-5 in early care and learning programs. Whether you're new to gardening, an experienced gardener, or somewhere in between, this session will offer practical guidance, inspiration, and discussion to facilitate gardening in your early childhood setting.

Also welcome: Early educators, program leaders, parents, EC partners, stakeholders, and champions beyond St. Joseph County interested in this topic!

If you didn't attend the Part 1 Gardening session on March 24th, you are invited to attend this session and subsequent sessions! The Recording from March 24th Part 1 and the Powerpoint are available at the following link. Gardening Resources from Part 1 + Mini-Grant Here

Earlier Event: April 29
Indiana Grown Showcase
Later Event: April 30
The Synergy of Farm to ECE & SNAP-Ed