Growing Together: Open Forum

Hi! We have a great Community Chat planned for TOMORROW 11/14 for everyone to share ideas and ask questions about inclusive holiday celebrations! As we near the end of the year, there are many cultural celebrations that we can lift up through our garden programming and activities. Tomorrow, we'll chat about how to frame holiday celebrations in an inclusive manner, ideas to lift up youth voices and experiences, and anything else you'd like to discuss.

Register for this Community Chat and/or share your ideas and questions below!

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
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Thank you to everyone who joined this Community Chat! I was unable to join live but just watched the recording and took away so many great ideas for seasonal and cultural celebrations. The recording is attached to this thread and the time stamps and links to resources shared are below. There were many ideas shared that are not captured in those links so check out the recording for more inspiration!

Resources shared: 

• For considering different perspectives related to the Thanksgiving holiday, check out this page from Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective

• Teaching holidays through themes

• Webinar series: Culturally Inclusive Teaching in the Garden

• KidsGardening resources

• Gratitude focused activities (great for Thanksgiving)

• Creating leaf lanterns (great for celebrating light-related traditions)

• Wreaths around the world

• Earth Day seed paper

• Seed paper valentine hearts

• Wild bird holiday decorations

• Ethnobotany for the holidays

• Art in the winter garden

• Invent a plant-iful holiday

• Vegetable carvings

Recording time stamps:

8:30 - Inclusive framing and ideas for Thanksgiving

16:10 - Ideas for celebrating holiday themes rather than specific days

22:35 - Plant connections with celebrations and crafts

41:10 - Harvest traditions and gift ideas

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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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