Proud Sponsor of AHS Educational programs.

Make Cleveland your destination this summer for the 17th annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium!

July 23-25, 2009 • Cleveland, Ohio
Hosted by Cleveland Botanical Garden

Gardens can be a common denominator and model for living and growing together. Whether we garden in a rural or urban setting, in a vacant lot or on a verdant plot we all work with plants. Our diversity in age, gender, skin color, ethnicity, religious affiliation, and education only make the experience richer. The simple truth is that gardens bring us together - they offer a level playing field, a safe haven, a place to share seeds, traditions, and ideas, a common ground for humanity.

Join leading national children’s and youth gardening experts, teachers, parents, volunteers, and youth to explore how gardens bring together diverse communities and foster curiosity, wonder, beauty, understanding, and acceptance. Let’s come together on this common ground, sharing our creativity and life experiences to forge a greener tomorrow for all to enjoy.

As an attendee you will have the opportunity to:

• Explore the gardens and programs of Cleveland Botanical Garden.
• Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Cleveland Botanical Garden’s Hershey Children’s Garden.
• Gain valuable resources and insights from lectures by nationally recognized keynote speakers, field trips to gardens, hands-on workshops, and a poster session.
• Participate in the only national symposium that explores how to use the power of plants and gardens to create inspirational educational programs for children and young people.
• Share your own ideas, success stories, and dreams with teachers, public garden administrators, garden designers, youth program leaders, and children’s gardening advocates from across the nation.
  
  For more information, e-mail youthprograms@ahs.org or call (703) 768-5700 x 132.