Hi everyone! I am a Massachusetts Master Gardener, a Kids Gardening Community Connector, and the Kids Gardening Community Massachusetts Coordinator. I previously helped design and co-lead school gardens in Ohio and Missouri as a parent volunteer, and now I garden with 2nd and 3rd grade students at a school garden in Medfield, MA.
While the Master Gardener program has helped bolster my horticulture knowledge, the Life Lab Certified Garden Educator program helped me learn how to more effectively facilitate student learning in the garden. I am passionate about students learning outdoors during the school day, and I love the idea of us sharing ideas and resources to make it possible for more kids to learn outside.
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Amber Keller
Massachusetts Master Gardener
Life Lab-Certified School Garden Educator
Natick, MA
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-13-2024 09:42:24 AM
From: Amelia Dupuis (she/her)
Subject: Who's in this group?
Welcome, welcome, Northeast gardeners! Let's drop some quick introductions to get to know each other (and see if there's anyone you might know - or didn't know - is in your area)!
I'm the Kids Garden Community Manager at KidsGardening, currently gardening in Hollis, NH but my hometown is Highgate, VT. I have no formal youth gardening experience but I do garden with my niece and nephews (which means we're picking lots of green tomatoes, digging large holes in the garden, and insisting that the garden be planted with corn and nothing else). I'm definitely an amateur gardener and hoping to learn so much from all of you!
Who else is here???
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Amelia Dupuis
Kids Garden Community Manager
KidsGardening
she/her
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