Thanks to Audubon Greenwich for giving our group a wonderful presentation on Schoolyard Habitats and their work with Parkway Elementary. Some Pollinator Garden photos below!
Thursday, June 26, 2014
News From the Julian Curtiss Pollinator Garden: June Swallowtail Caterpillars!
News From the Julian Curtiss Pollinator Garden
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Summer Bruce Museum
July Summer Vacation Workshops:
Into the Deep Sea
Tuesday, July 22 through Friday, July 25, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
A series of hands on workshops for students in grades 1 - 3, who will explore the exhibition Extreme Habitats: Into the Deep Sea, and then create their own versions of animals that live in the deep sea!
Members $5, non-members $8, per child, per day, includes all materials. Please make reservations by calling the Museum at 203-869-0376.
The Bruce Museum Seaside Center
is Open!
The Bruce Museum's Seaside Center, part of the Floren Family Environmental Center in the newly restored Innis Arden Cottage, is now open for the season.Drop in and try our fun, family-friendly activities, available daily. No reservations are necessary, and there is no admission fee for the Center. However, you do need a Beach Pass to enter Greenwich Point Park, where the Seaside Center is located. See the Town of Greenwich website for Beach Pass information.The Seaside Center is open to the public Tuesday - Sunday, 11 a.m.- 5 p.m., and closed Mondays.
THIS WEEK
Butterflies are free!
Butterfly Arts & Crafts: Friday, 1-4 pm
Butterfly Story Time: Saturday, 11 am
Sunday June 29th, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Friends of Greenwich Point and Garden Club of Old Greenwich
Host the
Wonderful World of Butterflies
presented by Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Garden
At Floren Family Environmental Center at Innis Arden Cottage
(in the same building as the Seaside Center)
See up to 30 live butterflies up close along with exotic insects such as: Prickly Devils and Jungle Nymphs. You will be able to hold and touch several of the exotic insects. Learn how to start your own butterfly garden!
With support from the Bruce Museum
May Moonrise, Davis Pond by Sean Murtha
A New Acquisition for the Bruce!
As a culmination to the exhibition Pasture to Pond: Connecticut Impressionism and its associated programming, and thanks to a generous grant from Connecticut Office of the Arts, the Bruce Museum has acquired a landscape painting for the permanent collection by master wildlife and landscape artist Sean Murtha. The painting, May Moonrise, Davis Pond, was commissioned by the Bruce and was unveiled at the Museum's Annual Meeting last evening.
What Else Is New and On View at the Bruce Museum
Friday, June 13, 2014
Green Tips for School Newsletters
PTAC GREEN SCHOOLS GREEN TIPS
Please find below a list of green tips to be used in your school newspapers and morning announcements. The original tips are sourced from OGS Go Green tips and the EPA Earth Day Environmental Tips (http://www.epa.gov/earthday/tips.htm). General Tips are listed first followed by Seasonal/Holiday Tips. Contact ptacgreenschools@gmail.com to add your tips, Thanks!
June 15 | Welcome to Third Sunday Nature Play at GEC!
Welcome to Nature Play!
Nature Play Third Sundays at The Garden Education Center, are a great chance to come out and enjoy our local green spaces. The mud kitchen will be open from 1-3 pm, you can bring reusable paper from your recycle bin to make paper airplanes, or bring the dog for a walk on the trails. The Pinetum is a hidden gem in Cos Cob at 130 Bible Street. This Sunday is Father's Day and we've invited a guest artist to create a letterbox stamp for a scavenger hunt. The first five families to collect the stamp will receive a prize collapsible stainless steel cup! RSVP appreciated but not required. Hope to see you there!
About Third Sunday Nature Play Days at The Garden Education Center of Greenwich
The Pinetum has a fascinating history, built by interesting characters who collected conifers, wrote and illustrated story books, and even started the Boy Scouts. The most important history, however, will be the one you share with your kids. Did you ever climb trees, build a fort, or lose your shoe in a mud puddle? Did you have a favorite outdoor spot where you liked to think and dream? The Pinetum is the perfect spot to explore outdoors together!
"We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole." Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Ms. D
Nature Play Third Sundays at The Garden Education Center, are a great chance to come out and enjoy our local green spaces. The mud kitchen will be open from 1-3 pm, you can bring reusable paper from your recycle bin to make paper airplanes, or bring the dog for a walk on the trails. The Pinetum is a hidden gem in Cos Cob at 130 Bible Street. This Sunday is Father's Day and we've invited a guest artist to create a letterbox stamp for a scavenger hunt. The first five families to collect the stamp will receive a prize collapsible stainless steel cup! RSVP appreciated but not required. Hope to see you there!
About Third Sunday Nature Play Days at The Garden Education Center of Greenwich
The Pinetum has a fascinating history, built by interesting characters who collected conifers, wrote and illustrated story books, and even started the Boy Scouts. The most important history, however, will be the one you share with your kids. Did you ever climb trees, build a fort, or lose your shoe in a mud puddle? Did you have a favorite outdoor spot where you liked to think and dream? The Pinetum is the perfect spot to explore outdoors together!
"We have such a brief opportunity to pass on to our children our love for this Earth, and to tell our stories. These are the moments when the world is made whole." Richard Louv, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder
Ms. D
Director of Youth Programs
Garden Education Center of Greenwich
P.O. Box 1600; 130 Bible Street
Cos Cob, CT 06807
203-869-9242
(c) 508-314-4164
www.gecgreenwich.org
Garden Education Center of Greenwich
P.O. Box 1600; 130 Bible Street
Cos Cob, CT 06807
203-869-9242
(c) 508-314-4164
www.gecgreenwich.org
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Sep 8-11 [COEEA] Fwd: Please Distribute Widely - SYH Course Announcement, Greenwich, Connecticut
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jesse Delia <jdelia@nhep.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Subject: [COEEA] Fwd: Please Distribute Widely - SYH Course Announcement, Greenwich, Connecticut
To: coeea@list.terc.edu
Find Common Ground ...
... on the web: www.commongroundct.org
... on Facebook: www.facebook.com/commongroundconnecticut
... on Twitter: www.twitter.com/commongroundct
_______________________________________________
Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association
Address for Posting to the Listserv: COEEA@list.terc.edu
Questions: webmaster@coeea.org
From: Jesse Delia <jdelia@nhep.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:32 PM
Subject: [COEEA] Fwd: Please Distribute Widely - SYH Course Announcement, Greenwich, Connecticut
To: coeea@list.terc.edu
Please check out this exciting opportunity for Schoolyard Habitat training with US Fish & Wildlife in the fall!
Thanks,
Jesse
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Dear Long Island Sound Study Partners and Supporters:
We have an exciting opportunity to host the annual USFWS National Schoolyard Habitat Training Course for the first time in CT.
Multiple partners have worked to implement Schoolyard Habitats in Stamford, Greenwich and New Haven, CT over the past few years. New Haven, CT was named one of the first Urban Wildlife Refuge sites in the country- host to 4 schoolyard habitats in 2014 and more to come.
Schoolyard habitats are a great way to engage youth and connect them to the outdoors, especially in urban environments. Through the program students restore habitat at their school, build outdoor classrooms and improve riparian areas. These activities help improve habitat in the Long Island Sound Area, buffer the Sound from urban runoff and strengthen the students' connection to their local environment. Learn more here http://www.fws.gov/northeast/cpwn/schoolyardhabitat.html
This training course provides an opportunity to learn how to implement Schoolyard Habitat Projects where you work in the Northeast and Long Island Sound watershed.
The course will be hosted by Audubon Connecticut, one of our lead project partners, and held at their site in Greenwich, Sept 8-11. It will draws participants, speakers and trainers from across the country. See attached for National Conservation Training Center Course Announcement.
Registration is limited. Please sign up as soon as possible.
For further course info contact Susan De Stephanis (304) 876-7494 susan_destephanis@fws.gov
Best,
Georgia
Community Programs and Outreach Manager
Find Common Ground ...
... on the web: www.commongroundct.org
... on Facebook: www.facebook.com/commongroundconnecticut
... on Twitter: www.twitter.com/commongroundct
_______________________________________________
Connecticut Outdoor & Environmental Education Association
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Questions: webmaster@coeea.org
June 22 | Experience the Sound
>
> Come Experience the Sound & Beyond with the Town of Greenwich Shellfish
> Commission on June 22 from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at Greenwich Point in Old
> Greenwich, CT.
>
>
> 2014 marks our 8th year of the annual Experience the Sound event, and this
> promises to be the best one yet! With the backdrop of Greenwich Cove, our
> aim is to expand the local community's awareness of the coastal marine
> life, nature, outdoor recreational pursuits, and the environment by
> showcasing local organizations and the educational institutions that care
> for and promote them.
>
>
> Activities will take place around the Innis Arden Cottage and the Old
> Greenwich Yacht Club and it's docks at Greenwich Point. A free shuttle bus
> will be available to take participants back and forth between the two
> areas.
>
>
> No reservations required and participation is free. No park pass needed–
> just tell the guard at the gatehouse that you are here for "Experience the
> Sound & Beyond."
>
> For More information
> http://experiencethesound.org/
>
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