Green Teens
National Garden Club and Federated Garden Clubs of CT award winning youth gardening program at Trackside
WILTON'S AWARD WINNING GARDEN PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
Thank you to all of generous donors who help our garden grow.
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The Wilton Garden Club and Trackside Teen Center team up annually to offer the Green Teens program for middle & high school students. The hope is to get more young people involved with creating and maintaining vegetable gardens, to teach youth about the importance of healthy foods, and to give back to the community. The produce grown is donated to the Wilton Food Pantry and the fresh flowers are cut and arranged for the local Senior Center. Led by experienced gardeners from the Wilton Garden Club, students participate in hands-on activities of designing garden beds, planting, maintaining, harvesting as well as learning how to cook with the produce grown in their gardens. There's also an opportunity for families and friends to work the gardens during the summer months. |
This past growing season, we donated 232 pounds of fresh, organic produce to the Wilton Food Pantry, as well as, a hundred floral arrangements to the Wilton Senior Center and Wilton Commons. All from the work of our youth gardeners!
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Laurie Musilli and Pam Nobumoto coordinate & run the Green Teens program for the Wilton Garden Club. They are recent winners of the Pollinator Pathways Award and were presented a Proclamation by the Town of Wilton. For questions about this program please email Laurie Musilli dljamus@hotmail.com REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR FALL
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Green Teens Over The Years
GREEN TEENS HISTORY
The Neighborhood Garden at Trackside was originally built by Girl Scout, Karina Olsen for her Girl Scout Gold Award Project in 2011. She and other Wilton High School students grew vegetables and flowers at the garden for many years for the Wilton Food Pantry.
In the Spring of 2015, Steven Batter Jr. and Nicholas Johnson of Boy Scout Troop 20 designed, constructed, and installed new raised beds and a tool shed at the garden for their Eagle Scout projects.
In the Spring of 2016, Sean Bergen added two more raised beds and Michael McElroy completed a tri-section compost bin as their Eagle Scout Projects.
Eco-Systems – extended and repaired drip irrigation, timer and rain sensor.
Bolton Landscape – created a commercial Mulch bed to house picnic tables
In the Spring of 2015, Steven Batter Jr. and Nicholas Johnson of Boy Scout Troop 20 designed, constructed, and installed new raised beds and a tool shed at the garden for their Eagle Scout projects.
In the Spring of 2016, Sean Bergen added two more raised beds and Michael McElroy completed a tri-section compost bin as their Eagle Scout Projects.
Eco-Systems – extended and repaired drip irrigation, timer and rain sensor.
Bolton Landscape – created a commercial Mulch bed to house picnic tables
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THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS DONORS
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Trackside Teen Center is a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization devoted to providing our youth a safe & fun place to socialize with their peers, engage in enriching activites, and enjoy themselves.
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