Noticing a puddling “mud hole” on campus, sixth graders at Charles Town Middle School took action to extend their rain garden, fixing the puddles with native garden plants. After experiencing pooling water in the school’s courtyard, (which staff coined the “mud hole” as students continuously tracked mud into the school), sixth grade teacher Stephanie Diamond […]
The Science National Honor Society (SNHS) of Jefferson High School improved their school’s courtyard with a rain garden and native tree propagation program to revitalize the space and protect watersheds. Through lessons on the importance of native plants and biofiltration, Jefferson High School environmental science students came to understand the role that rain gardens and […]
Girl Scouts get their hands dirty at Briggs Animal Adoption Center! Prior to planting day, the National Humane Education Society maintenance department staff created a planting plan, augured the holes, and delivered all of the trees and planting materials to each hole. A local girl scout troop participated in this environmental service project to receive [...]