YOUR CHALLENGE:
Fairchild’s Connect to Protect: Native Plant Network is a citizen science program that enlists South Florida residents and students to plant native plants to connect the few remaining isolated fragments of pine rockland— our globally critically imperiled ecosystem. Your challenge is to learn about pine rocklands through the process of planting pine rockland plants provided by Fairchild, maintaining them throughout the school year, and sharing your new knowledge. In addition to maintaining the plants, students should research their needs, the animals and insects that depend on them, and their role and importance in the broader South Florida ecosystem. In March or April of 2024, a representative from the garden will visit your school to tour your pine rockland and hear what you have learned. Students should be prepared to engage with their visitor by sharing their knowledge, explaining successes and challenges they experienced and answering questions about these significant native plants. Download PDF
| ✓ Entry Requirements: |
| | Student led presentation should be no more than 10 minutes in length and conducted in the school garden |
| | On-time entry form submission. Late entries will be accepted with a reduction in points. |
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