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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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They are smiling because the water conserving drip system has been engineered and installed at Burton Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth, TX on Friday, May 10 with the most expert guidance and assistance from them; and they are Debbie Key and Bill Vandever, Tarrant County Master Gardeners extraordinaire. They’re happy that 200 + folks from the community at large, specifically volunteers from Mercedes Benz Corporation, parents, teachers and students have completed another REAL School Garden for instructing and facilitating knowledge through nature in context with the real world. People like these folks (Debbie and Bill) volunteer their time ...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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Saturday was my first “Big Dig” with REAL School Gardens. Those are the days where we join our partners to create a learning garden at a low income school. It was cold. It was rainy. It was muddy. And I loved it. 
As the new marketing and communications director, I was there to get a sense of how these community-powered events work. I was also getting some fresh photos for the website. To get these pictures, I asked one of our educators, Eric Vanderbeck (a.k.a. Mr. V), to do some of his hands-on lessons with 12 kids whose ...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2012
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A recent assessment of student performance over the first six years of our program (2003-2009) showed that schools with a REAL School Garden had average passing rates on the Science TAKS test that were more than 5% higher than those without a learning garden. The assessment was conducted by Professor Dale Boisso at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Before a school gets to benefit from their learning garden a lot has to happen! For example, at William Cabell Elementary in Dallas, with generous donations from United Way and Bank of America, we are preparing their large courtyard for their ...
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Friday, August 31, 2012
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Texas’ long, hot summer is almost over, and with it so is the waiting process for the children and teachers at Dallas ISD’s William L. Cabell Elementary School. The Cabell Elementary community received the good news in May that they had been accepted into partnership with REAL School Gardens and would likely receive their own learning garden the following school year. Then, the wait began, as the RSG team worked hard to find the right partners to help bring the learning garden to life. Thanks to the generosity of Bank of America and United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Cabell’s ...
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Thursday, April 05, 2012
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Each time we approach building a new school garden, one of the first things you will notice is that we need a village to build a great learning garden. We have lots of support from our community to help make a school garden possible and who are critical to our mission of growing successful students in our learning gardens. One of our great community partners is The Brickman Group, a leader in the commercial landscape industry with over 160 branches serving 29 states. A great crew from Brickman, led by Todd Hopkins, recently donated two days of their time ...
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012
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REAL School Gardens wishes to recognize Texas Agrilife Extension Services as one of our partners in educating the public regarding Texas water resources. Texas Agrilife has partnered with us in bringing techniques for water conservation to the public schools in which we build learning gardens for inquiry-driven, sensory-based learning. 
With the increased population in Texas, the demand for water has soared and we need to be reminded to respect the available water captured underground and in lakes and utilize it in a practical and useful way.  A special thank you goes to Dotty Woodson and Jeff Raska of Texas ...
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Wednesday, February 08, 2012
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We planted a new school garden at East Handley Elementary this past Saturday! Over 200 people came out to help this school community build a garden in a day. Thanks to the generous leadership grant from Chesapeake Energy, the East Handley school community can now enjoy their new outdoor classroom! Because going fast is fun, scroll down to watch their learning garden grow in fast forward!  The East Handley school garden site was a bare patch of lawn, which bloomed into a full-blown outdoor classroom. 
The students contributed some fantastic garden designs, learning about area and ...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
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On behalf of the REAL School Gardens' team, we wish to thank all of our volunteers for helping us create learning gardens that raise hope, spark imaginations and connect children to nature. Volunteers keep our gardens - and the children who learn in them - growing! REAL School Gardens is proud to work with a diverse volunteer pool and many dedicated partners, including educators, parents, area business partners and community groups. We are also grateful to our elementary school partners for helping us reach out to their communities. Please consider continuing to share your time and talents ...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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The winners of the Charles Rice Learning Center learning garden design competition last night were impressive! Jaylon (3rd Grade), Caleb (4th Grade), and Harper Elizabeth (5th Grade) won the top 3 prizes. They are very creative students, and they are outstanding public speakers! Over 50 people attended the Design and Dine event - it was a great mix of creative teachers and administration, involved parents and community members, energetic students and commited supporters like JPMorgan Chase and The Brickman Group. This new outdoor classroom was also made possible through the support of United Way of Metropolitan Dallas and the Suzy Peacock Friendship Circle donors. We will ...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
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The school community of Gabe P. Allen Elementary Charter School in West Dallas, TX received a brand new outdoor learning classroom on Saturday, October 29, 2011. Community volunteers, teachers, students, and a group of 30 corporate volunteers from Texas Instruments “dug in” to install the outdoor classroom to turn learning in math, science and other subject areas inside out! The day kicked-off with opening remarks from Nancy Payne, Garden Designer for REAL School Gardens – welcoming the community of volunteers and presenting the outdoor classroom design and list of tasks to be completed, followed by Connie Hovseth, ...
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