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Photos from the beautiful "Awakening Future Generations: An Elegant Farm to table dinner"

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This wonderful event overlooking Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, CA was a co-benefit for Captain Planet Foundation and Cool the Earth.  Honored guests included the founder of Edible Schoolyard Alice Waters, environmental champion and U.S. Congressman Jared Huffman, the “Renegade Gardner of LA” Ron Finley, and featured a special performance by the incomparable Jackson Browne. [flickr-gallery mode=”photoset” photoset=”72157635659870855″] Posted in Announcement

Photos from the inspiring "An Afternoon in the Orchard" benefit dinner

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This event was a co-benefit to support the expansion of Ventura County Agricultural Education with SEEAg and the launch of the CPF Learning Gardens Program into Ventura County schools.  Held on the 120 year old grounds of Limoneira orchards in Santa Paula, CA, this event featured a special “Superhero for Sustainable Agriculture” award given to Harold Edwards, CEO of Limoneira, and performances … Read more

Planting Guide, Wiki Page and Other Resources for School Gardens

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Did you know Captain Planet has a wealth of knowledge about school gardens on our wiki page? As an online resource for teachers and students, The Captain Planet Wiki has forums to encourage discussions, share knowledge and troubleshoot various school garden issues. The Garden Calendar, for example, contains all the information you need to know for when to … Read more

Mableton, Mt. Bethel & Clarkdale Receive New Gardens

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Check out some of our new Learning Garden schools! Thank you to all of our volunteers from PowerPlan, Turner Enterprises, and staff and teachers from the schools for your hard work. Thanks to the Elementary Science website we have these great video that showcase the installs. This website offers resources, hands-on experiments, discussions, and tips for K-5 science … Read more

LEARNING GARDEN WORKSHOP FOR EDUCATORS SCHEDULED IN OCTOBER

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August 19, 2013, Atlanta, GA — Captain Planet Foundation (CPF) and Ford Elementary School in Acworth, Georgia will host a  workshop for educators in Cobb and Gwinnett Counties at Ford on October 18 and 19, 2013. The Friday workshop will consist of sessions covering basic and advanced Learning Garden construction, planting and maintenance, engaging community … Read more

Summer Garden Maintenance Progress

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Over the summer our school garden interns maintained, watered, weeded and planted at 37 Atlanta area schools in Fulton and Cobb counties! Especially important were work days scheduled with the entire Planeteer team in which the Planeteers worked with school administrators and garden coordinators to install new gardens and revitalize existing Gardens. Clarkdale – July … Read more

Summer Garden Maintenance Pilot Program

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The Captain Planet Foundation has launched summer garden management as part of its Learning Gardens Program to help maintain school gardens around metro-Atlanta during the out-of-school summer months.  This summer, the program is supporting over 40 school gardens located in Cobb County Public Schools and the Atlanta Public School system. With funding provided by Arthur … Read more