CONTACT: Mariesa Woodring, PR Specialist
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Norfolk, VA 23518-5337
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NORFOLK, VA – Norfolk Botanical Garden has new hands-on tools to help teach about the environment, thanks to a generous gift. The Garden Club of Norfolk recently donated two Watershed models to the Education Department. The EnviroScape Watershed boxes are interactive teaching tools designed to help kids understand the problem of water pollution and its possible solutions.
The donation of the boxes has made it possible for Norfolk Botanical Garden to offer a new outreach program, “A Chesa-peake into Watersheds”. Along with other classroom concepts, Garden teachers will use the models to demonstrate where pollution comes from and how small sources like homes, cars and construction can have a big impact on shared water resources. Cocoa, drink mixes and food coloring will be used to trace the travels of water to show students how large the Chesapeake Bay Watershed is, and how pollution from as far away as New York can impact the health of the waters here in Hampton Roads.
Norfolk Botanical Garden will formally say thank you to the Garden Club of Norfolk and kick off the new pollution prevention program Thursday, February 23rd at 9:30 a.m. in Rose Garden Hall. Club members, Garden teachers, educators from other area museums and 4th graders from Trinity Lutheran School and The Williams School in Norfolk will learn how the Watershed Boxes work and why they are such effective tools in ecological education. Mary Bruce Glaize, an environmental educator who has used the models for years, will be giving the demonstration and answering questions about the boxes.
For more information, contact the Education Department at (757) 441-5838.
The mission of Norfolk Botanical Garden is to enrich life by promoting the enjoyment of plants and the environment through beautiful gardens and educational programs.
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