186: Growing a Greener Future with CitySprouts: Pubic School Gardens for Teaching & Learning
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Victoria Hackett interviews Alex Frank about the role of urban school gardens in fostering learning and community engagement.
🌱 Episode 186: Growing a Greener Future with CitySprouts: Pubic School Gardens for Teaching & Learning In this episode, Victoria talks with Alex Frank of CitySprouts about how school gardens function as both science labs and creative spaces. Together, they explore how urban school gardens cultivate curiosity, connection, and meaningful learning experiences for students and educators alike—while growing a greener future from the ground up. 🌿 In This Episode, We Explore: Why school gardens are both a science and an art How hands-on garden learning sparks curiosity and wonder in students What makes urban school gardens powerful spaces for learning and community The role of after-school and summer programs in deepening garden-based learning How educators and gardeners build momentum together through shared practice and collaboration 🌼 Meet Alex: Alex Frank is the Senior Program Manager at CitySprouts , an urban gardening nonprofit based in Cambridge and Boston. CitySprouts’ mission is to cultivate curiosity and wonder in students through hands-on science learning in their own schoolyard gardens. Alex oversees CitySprouts’ Green Team program, a tuition-free afterschool and…
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