[Durham INC] Durham Partners with Elementary School for Bulb Planting March 4

[Blalock, Amy]

CITY OF DURHAM

Office of Public Affairs

101 City Hall Plaza

Durham, NC 27701

 

 

News Release

 

For Details, Contact:

Amy Blalock

Sr. Public Affairs Specialist

(919) 560-4123 x 11253

(919) 475-7735 (cell)

Amy.Blalock at DurhamNC.gov

 

For Immediate Release:  February 24, 2011

 

 

Durham Partners with Elementary School for Spring Bulb Planting March 4

Northeast Central Durham Livability Initiative Continues to Bring
Multifunctional Community 

Open Spaces to Eastway Elementary School

 

DURHAM, N.C. - Some Durham elementary school students will once again
flex their "green thumbs" next week thanks to a collaborative initiative
and a flower bulb planting designed to bring "green schemes" into the
classroom.

 

On Friday, March 4, 2011, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., a "bulb planting flower
affair" will be held at Eastway Elementary School, located at 610 N.
Alston Avenue, Durham. Students in kindergarten through fifth grade will
participate with City employees, parents, volunteers, and neighborhood
residents to plant 55 flower bulbs around the school's flag pole, which
is in front of the school facing Taylor Street. In addition to planting
the bulbs, students will learn about the life cycle of a flower bulb to
complement their classroom curricula. 

 

Next Friday's bulb planting is being coordinated by the City of Durham's
Neighborhood Improvement Services Department, which adopted Eastway
Elementary School as part of the Northeast Central Durham Livability
Initiative. The initiative is a collaborative effort between the
department and Eastway Elementary School to enhance open, green spaces
in Northeast Central Durham. The overarching goal of the initiative is
to coordinate public transportation, economic development, a healthy
environment, and address the challenges of climate change. This bulb
planting is the second event coordinated through this initiative for
Eastway Elementary School. The first event was a tree planting on
January 13, 2011, when students planted 12 trees on the school grounds.

 

Teachers at Eastway Elementary School will use the flower bulb planting,
along with future planned green scheme events, to integrate the use of
plant-based learning across the curriculum, allowing teachers to
incorporate the use of outdoor gardens, natural settings, and plant
activities into a classroom lesson. Future green scheme events will
include a clean-up of Goose Creek near the school, work in four raised
garden beds at the school, and N.C. State Education-approved classroom
instruction on gardening, native habitat gardens, and water education.

 

For additional information on this project or on-site assistance at the
bulb planting event, contact Robin Dixon with the City's Neighborhood
Improvement Services Department, at (919) 560-1647, ext. 34245 or via
e-mail at Robin.Dixon at DurhamNC.gov.

 

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