[ti:City Gardens Educate, Create Community]
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[00:00.04]A big city might not seem like the best place
[00:03.36]to learn about nature and the environment.
[00:07.32]But one group in Washington, D.C. is trying to change that.
[00:12.44]City Blossoms is a non-profit organization
[00:15.72]with the goal of bringing nature to children
[00:18.72]who might not otherwise have green spaces.
[00:22.44]The organization has assisted in creating green space
[00:26.36]at seven elementary schools, two high schools
[00:30.16]and 18 early childhood centers across D.C.
[00:35.48]City Blossoms has its own educators
[00:38.00]who teach children lessons centered on gardening and nature.
[00:43.88]Tara McNerney is the director of City Blossoms and a former teacher.
[00:49.88]She said City Blossoms’ lessons center on environmental science,
[00:54.84]healthy living skills like cooking, and artistic expression.
[01:00.52]In the garden, students can learn environmental ideas
[01:03.80]like plant lifecycles or ecosystems.
[01:07.60]But teachers can also use the green space for reading lessons
[01:11.48]by reading a garden-related book or learning nature vocabulary.
[01:15.88]Even math could be taught in the garden.
[01:19.92]“We’re really able to adapt into the subjects
[01:22.84]that the teachers are wanting to teach,” McNerney said.
[01:27.08]City Blossoms’ partnerships with local schools
[01:30.36]are meant to last at least three to four years.
[01:33.64]City Blossoms assists schools in creating and caring for the garden.
[01:39.48]But the gardens are mainly operated by the schools.
[01:43.24]McNerney said she partners with schools
[01:46.44]that already understand the importance of an outdoor education
[01:50.20]and that want to keep the garden at the school for many years.
[01:55.04]“It’s a school-run program that City Blossoms is supporting,” McNerney said.
[02:00.68]“We don’t want it to be a ‘plop and drop’ garden
[02:04.04]where it’s seen as a City Blossoms garden
[02:06.80]and it’s not fully embraced by the community,
[02:09.56]because that won’t really lead to a sustainable garden program.”
[02:15.04]In City Blossoms’ five other community gardens,
[02:18.84]the organization supports the garden
[02:21.64]and provides nature activities for the community.
[02:26.04]But the spaces remain community-driven.
[02:29.48]“At the end of the day, we’re not designing these sites,” said Isa Zambrano.
[02:36.20]She helps maintain the community spaces for City Blossoms.
[02:41.56]“The community designs it. Every garden takes the shape
[02:45.52]of the community and the culture that exists there.”
[02:50.16]Young children and older adults have gotten involved
[02:53.76]with the community green spaces, said Kendra Hazel.
[02:57.64]She oversees the community gardens for City Blossoms.
[03:02.76]During cooking lessons, for example,
[03:05.36]people will tell about meals that are special to their culture.
[03:09.76]The community gardens represent the diversity of D.C., Zambrano said.
[03:14.84]“It’s like putting pieces together of
[03:17.12]so many different people and cultures and neighborhoods.”
[03:21.80]Healthy food is hard to find in some parts of Washington, D.C.,
[03:26.40]especially in poorer areas.
[03:29.60]About 15 percent of D.C. is a “food desert.”
[03:33.80]A food desert is an area where the nearest supermarket
[03:38.04]is more than 1.6 kilometers away.
[03:41.60]In the two poorest sections of Washington, D.C. -- Ward 7 and 8
[03:47.20]-- there are just three supermarkets for 160,000 people.
[03:53.12]Seven of City Blossoms’ gardens are in those two wards.
[03:57.80]Part of the organization’s mission is to “grow in spaces
[04:01.32]that might not otherwise have green spaces,
[04:03.88]and might not have fresh, healthy food,” McNerney said.
[04:08.96]For older students at two D.C. high schools,
[04:12.24]students learn how to grow and harvest crops
[04:15.52]through City Blossoms’ Mighty Greens program.
[04:18.64]Students in the program also sell their vegetables and herbs
[04:22.80]at local farmers markets.
[04:26.08]While City Blossoms’ main goal is to teach children,
[04:29.32]many older families and adults have also gotten involved.
[04:33.96]The organization holds gardening lessons for all ages.
[04:39.04]Hazel said the pandemic has made people
[04:41.52]want to spend more time outside experiencing nature.
[04:46.28]“People have really woken up to the fact that green spaces
[04:49.84]are really important in our communities,” Hazel said.
[04:53.88]They have realized the good that comes from “being outside
[04:58.32]and being disconnected from technology, and just being,” she added.
[05:03.04]“And getting your hands dirty.”
[05:07.04]I’m Dan Novak. 更多听力请访问21VOA.COM
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