11/03/2026
🌱 Planting the seeds of knowledge today, growing a wilder tomorrow! 🌿
Our fall session of the new EcoStewards & EcoExplorers is wrapping up, and what an engaging start it has been!
Building on the group’s past participation in the Tall Grass Prairie Guardians Project, they are now taking on a new reclamation project at Abbey Gardens: helping reclaim Abbey Gardens’ Big Pit!
Through hands-on, project-based learning, these young stewards are discovering how habitat islands may help us “re-wild” the Big Pit area. By exploring nature’s own seed-dispersal methods, designing plots based on ecological principles and using native meadow plants, they are putting their knowledge into action.
This fall, by working together, they’ve designed planting plans and established study plots in the Big Pit. In the upcoming Winter and Spring sessions, they’ll take the next steps by selecting suitable native plant species, planting their plots and developing ways to monitor their progress.
Along the way, team building activities, nature explorations, and opportunities to work together are helping build confidence, strengthen leadership skills and foster a deeper understanding of the natural world.
From curious explorers to hands-on stewards, these young people are discovering how they can make a difference in helping nature thrive!
