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 The Gift of Time  This holiday season, Hort Board Member Jessica Tcherepnine gave one of the greatest gifts one can give—the gift of time. In December, during rainy and cold weather, Jessica trekked out to Rikers Island (via two subway trains and a bus) at the break of dawn, to offer our GreenHouse participants a workshop in the art of botanical drawing. She brought with her a bag filled with pomegranates, persimmons, a purple cabbage, bright orange and yellow peppers, papery tomatillos, gnarly hands of ginger, along with some examples of her work...Read More... Need Another Goal for 2012? Explore Vertical Space!  New York City Public School teachers defied gravity in our Greenwall and Greenroof Technology course. Using Apple Seed Program techniques, we investigated the relationship between science and technology in the context of tools, processes, designs and products. The course culminated with the creation of two cooperative greenwalls.Read More... GreenHouse Speaks in North Carolina  Today, the American Horticultural Therapy Association (AHTA) counts 800+ members from the U.S., Canada, Japan and beyond, and over 200 of them gathered on a recent fall weekend in Asheville, NC to attend the 39th annual AHTA conference.Read More... |
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