Gillian Drake. VanDusen Botanical Garden Director. Children at need program.
Gillian Drake. VanDusen Botanical Garden Director. Children at need program.
Our Rotary club has provided funds for this program in the past.
It provides funding for inner-city school children to visit the gardens.
The kids pay to come in at the regular rate of $7.50 per student but this program provides the cost of the bus transportation to get them there.
Gardens are such an important past of our education. Kids learn so much better by being there and seeing the flowers in person.
Think of how you felt this week with all the blossoms surrounding you? The spring bursting forth.
It lowers your stress level.
We need unstructured time in nature.
It’s a breath of fresh air. A garden gives you safe time.
To see a squirrel or a duck or a hummingbird or a leaf as big as a table.
Kids get the sensory experience. Fantastic flowers.
They run the program from April to June then again in the fall.
This is a Botanical garden not just a park so they also have a research program.
They take in 3,000 children a year.
They also have been assigned the Bloedel conservatory to administer and direct traffic to which has been a great success so far in generating additional visitors to.
Is it time for another club visit to the gardens?
The speaker was thanked by Laurie.
Our Rotary club has provided funds for this program in the past.
It provides funding for inner-city school children to visit the gardens.
The kids pay to come in at the regular rate of $7.50 per student but this program provides the cost of the bus transportation to get them there.
Gardens are such an important past of our education. Kids learn so much better by being there and seeing the flowers in person.
Think of how you felt this week with all the blossoms surrounding you? The spring bursting forth.
It lowers your stress level.
We need unstructured time in nature.
It’s a breath of fresh air. A garden gives you safe time.
To see a squirrel or a duck or a hummingbird or a leaf as big as a table.
Kids get the sensory experience. Fantastic flowers.
They run the program from April to June then again in the fall.
This is a Botanical garden not just a park so they also have a research program.
They take in 3,000 children a year.
They also have been assigned the Bloedel conservatory to administer and direct traffic to which has been a great success so far in generating additional visitors to.
Is it time for another club visit to the gardens?
The speaker was thanked by Laurie.
