Tree Trust is recruiting school partners for this spring’s Learning with Trees program. Learning with Trees helps schools around the state build environmental science programs that involve the creation of outdoor learning areas on their grounds.
Tree Trust provides a combination of trees, shrubs, benches, and bird feeders that are placed on school grounds to fit the school's needs.The program is free of charge and culminates in an all-school planting day where every student plays a role in planting a tree.
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| Students at Hilltop Primary School on their planting day |
Learning with Trees engages teachers, staff, parents and guardians, and volunteers to create Green Teams that develop a landscape plan that will meet the school's environmental and educational goals.
Prior to the school's planting day, Tree Trust brings the Our Town Trees Exhibit, developed in conjunction with the Minnesota Science Museum, to the school. The exhibit includes five interactive modules that teach students the importance of trees to the environment.
On the planting day, Tree Trust staff and volunteers lead groups of students through the entire process of planting a tree. The students are assigned various roles - digger, planter, mulcher, waterer - and trained volunteers and staff make sure they plant their trees properly. Every student gets to help plant.
Following the planting, schools receive a Tree Trunk, which is a duffel bag that includes 20 lessons for grades K-12, as well as outdoor activities and environmental education tools. The lessons cover a variety of subjects including forest management, science, math, social studies, and language arts.
If your school is interested in becoming a partner school, please visit the Learning with Trees program page for more information, or contact Karen Zumach at karenz@treetrust.org or 612-590-2536.
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