Green Teens
National Garden Club and Federated Garden Clubs of CT award winning youth gardening program at Trackside
The Wilton Garden Club and Trackside Teen Center team up annually to offer this FREE 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. |
Laurie Musilli and Pam Nobumoto coordinate & run the Green Teens program for the Wilton Garden Club. They are recent winners of the Wilton Go Green Environmental Stewardship Award, Pollinator Pathways Award and were presented a Proclamation by the Town of Wilton. For questions about this program please email Laurie Musilli [email protected] or call Pam Nobumoto 561-339-9438. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SPRING & SUMMER
SPRING The Green Teens program runs Wednesday from 3:30-5:00 p.m. DATES: May 14, 21, 28, June 4, 11. at Trackside. Teens can join anytime. SIGN UP HERE SUMMER Summer Sessions are weekly on Mondays, 9-11am starting June 23rd Last summer session is Monday, Aug 11th. FALL 2025 Sessions Starts Wednesday Aug 27th 3:30 - 5pm and runs until the first frost! Free Summer Youth Gardening Program Come join us in our whimsical youth garden this summer. Members from the Wilton Garden Club work with youth gardeners on Monday mornings from 9:00-11:00 so that we can donate our fresh, organic produce to the Food Pantry at the beginning of the week and beautiful, fresh floral arrangements to the senior center. Youth gardeners will learn about pollinators and native plants, make garden art decorations and various garden fresh cooking recipes. Our goal is to beat last year’s numbers and this summer strive to donate over 350 pounds of produce to the food pantry. Come help us reach our goal as we give back to our community. This youth gardening program meets at the garden located in the grassy area in the middle of Trackside Teen Centers parking lot. Please contact Laurie Musilli at [email protected] or call Pam Nobumoto 561-339-9438.with any questions. We understand that summer schedules are full of vacations and summer camps so do not hesitate to sign up to receive our weekly emails and come when you can. |
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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