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Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful (KACCB) is working to better expand support of outdoor learning spaces in Athens-Clarke County. KACCB oversees the gardening and outdoor classroom component of the Green School program. KACCB provides resources and support by assisting with maintenance, the loan of tools, planting assistance and materials, classroom visits, and communicating with teachers about outdoor classroom opportunities.
Athens-Clarke County Outdoor Classroom Resources
ACC Extension
ACC Green Schools
Athens Master Gardeners
Bear Hollow Zoo
Center for Native Plant Studies
Connect to Protect
EcoReach
Endangered Plant Stewardship Network
Environmental Education Alliance
EEinGeorgia.org
GA Department of Natural Resources
Georgia Museum of Natural History
Georgia River Network
Georgia State Parks Programs
Master Composters
Master Naturalists
Monarchs Across Georgia
Project WET
Project WILD
Project Learning Tree
Sandy Creek Nature Center
Sandy Creek Park
State Botanical Garden of Georgia
UGA Insect Zoo
Upper Oconee Watershed Network
US Fish and Wildlife
Warnell School of Forestry
Wild Intelligence
UGA Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden
ACC Environmental Education Events
Here are some annual EE events to watch for!
- Aug ? - Teacher Reuse Opening Event
- Sept 9 - Athens Water Festival
- Sept 14 - Green School Kick Off
- Sept - Insectival at State Botanical Garden
- Sept 30 - Rivers Alive
- Sept 29 - Green School Registration Deadline
- Oct - Vulture Festival
- Oct 7 - Tree Fair
- Nov 15 America Recycles Day
Connect to Protect School Gardens
The State Botanical Garden of Georgia can provide schools with packages of gorgeous native plants ready for installation in raised beds or pots. Seasonally available grasses and wildflowers are grown at the State Botanical Garden and will feed native pollinators while beautifying your Garden. These plants require full sun and well drained soil to thrive. Plan for your Garden to be situated in a sunny location. Send photos of your established Garden for to include in your interactive to Protect Garden map! Price ranges: Plugs $1.10 each; plants $5-7. Environmental educators will come to your school within 15 miles of Athens to help you and your students install a Connect to Protect planting of your choice and lead related hands-on activities. Programs cost $4/student. Plants and signs are free of cost while supplies last!
Email Cora Keber: ckeber@uga.edu or phone 706-542-6156
Outdoor Learning Spaces at Clarke County Schools by Type and Elementary School
Elementary Schools: | Alps | Barnett Shoals | Barrow | Chase | Cleveland | Fowler | Gaines | JJ Harris | Oglethorpe Road | Stroud | Timothy | Whit Davis | Whitehead | Winterville |
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Bog | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||
Open Area | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
Outdoor Seating | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
Veggie Garden | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
Shelter | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Pollinator Garden | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
Composting | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
Prairie | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Native Plants | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Nature Trail | x | x | x | |||||||||||
Water Feature | x | |||||||||||||
Farm Animals | x | |||||||||||||
Forest | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
Orchard | x | x | ||||||||||||
Water for Wildlife | x | x | x | |||||||||||
Wildlife Feeding | x | x | x | |||||||||||
Greenhouse | x | x |