Registration required: http://caseytrees.org/event/family-program-buds-story-time-at-rock-creek-park-nature-center-18/
Buds is a tree-focused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers (2 to 4 years). Buds will be held in the area outside the auditorium on the lower level of the Rock Creek Park Nature Center one Saturday per month. The story time will feature three to four tree and environment focused books interspersed with songs and a craft project. Each family will leave with a list of seasonally appropriate “scavenger hunt items” to track down while exploring Rock Creek on their own after the Buds program has concluded.
Who Should Attend?
Buds story time is for families with children 2 to 4 years. Children must be accompanied by an adult(s) at all times.
Instructor
Lauren Meyer — Casey Trees, Environmental Education Assistant
Come Prepared
It is recommended that participants bring sun protection, bug protection and water for exploring Rock Creek Park after the Buds story time has concluded.
Site Information
Restrooms are available on site.
Getting There
Parking: Free parking is available onsite.
Public Transportation: The E2, E3 and E4 metro buses all stop at Military and Glover Road NW.
Registration required: http://caseytrees.org/event/family-program-buds-story-time-at-the-hill-center-18/
Buds is a tree-focused story time aimed toward an audience of toddlers and preschoolers (2 years to 4 years). Buds will be held in the art room of the Hill Center. The story time will feature three to four tree and environment focused books interspersed with songs and a craft project. Each family will leave with a list of seasonally appropriate “scavenger hunt items” to track down while exploring the Hill Center on their own after the Buds program has concluded.
Getting There
The Hill Center is two blocks east of the Eastern Market Metro stop on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines.
Instructor
Lauren Meyer, Environmental Education Assistant, Casey Trees
Who Should Attend?
Buds story time is for families with children 2 to 4 years old. Children must be accompanied by an adult(s) at all times.
Site Information
Restrooms are available on site.
Spend an evening going through a gardener’s tour of the Marion Street Intergenerational Garden, a communal edible garden tucked away in Shaw. Check out examples of no-dig gardening, in-ground and raised beds and learn lots of tricks for growing some great summer crops (including vegetables, herbs and native plants.) Come ready with questions and gardening gloves!
Teacher Bio:
Over a decade ago Rebecca was asked if she would like to do a small gardening project with a group of kids in a local community center. From that point on she grew to see urban gardening as a way to combine her interests in art, community participation and everything green. In 2009, Rebecca incorporated City Blossoms with partner Lola Bloom. Since then, City Blossoms has become a leader in kid and community-focused urban agriculture in the area, supporting over 40 green spaces, designing teaching tools and training for organizations such as the Nature Conservancy and FoodCorps, and compiling a bilingual early childhood curriculum, Our First Harvest/Nuestra Primera Cosecha. Rebecca has a BA from Fordham University, an MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.
