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At work in WSU's teaching garden
On April 23, 2018, the Worcester Tree Initiative (WTI) donated 6 fruit trees to the Worcester State University (WSU) Teaching Garden, and 4 flowering magnolia trees to Chandler Magnet, a public elementary school next door to WSU.
WTI publicized the planting of the trees as an event open to the university and school communities, and called it ‘Tree Initiative Day’. Students from both WSU and Chandler Magnet, faculty, and affiliated parents came together to plant the trees, and to learn more about what goes into tending them.
Tree outside of the Chander Magnet School
Trees outside of the Chandler Magnet School
The WSU Teaching Garden was designed by WSU’s Urban Action Institute as a way to start conversations about eating healthier, getting outdoors, and making food more accessible. WSU students can earn course credit by working in the garden, and food harvested from the garden is donated to local food pantries.
When asked about the trees’ impact on both WSU the and Chandler Magnet, one of the staff members at the Urban Action Institute said that the flowering magnolia trees planted outside of Chandler Magnet give the students a sense of pride that they have contributed to their school, and the fruiting trees at Worcester State have taught those involved about all of the work and care that goes into maintaining trees, but also about all the resulting positive benefits trees can have, such as an improved aesthetic of the neighborhood, and the fresh fruit that can now be donated.
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