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Vertical Oyster Garden Adoption Video
74116D13-BCAA-45B5-9FEE-DE840B898C55.MOVVisit Our School and Adopt a VOG for Your Dock
To register and adopt a Vertical Oyster Garden (VOG) for your dock or local bridge, click the "VOG Adoption" button.
What to do next?
After you adopt and deploy your Vertical Oyster Garden, we would love it if you would send us some photos and information from time to time to let us know how you VOG is colonizing. Simply follow this link and complete the report:
VOG Citizen Science Survey123 Link
Tampa Bay Watch will also be collecting this data.
A few of our research questions are:
What water quality parameters lead to the best recruitment and growth of oysters on VOGs?
How much time does it take for oysters to settle and grow on VOGs?
What other species like to live on VOGs?
The Building of our Vertical Oyster Garden Adoption Station
Measure Twice Cut Once
Measure Twice Cut Once
It actually took a few more attempts at measuring and cutting
Supervised Use of Power Tools
Supervised Use of Power Tools
This girl is not intimidated by power tools.
Cutting the Backboard
Cutting the Backboard
This was really tricky because our arms could only reach so far and we had to cut from both ends.
He looks like a master craftsman
He looks like a master craftsman
Putting the Pieces Together
Putting the Pieces Together
Bonnie Eaton
Bonnie Eaton
from Roots and Shoots
from Roots and Shoots
Supplies to build our VOG Adoption Site were paid for by Roots and Shoots USA, the youth action program of the Jane Goodall Institute whose mission is to empower young people to be the change in their communities.
Screwing in the backboard
Screwing in the backboard
Part of those poles will be underground
Part of those poles will be underground
Time to paint
Time to paint
This hole saw takes some skills
This hole saw takes some skills
Attaching some VOGs as an example on the display board
Attaching some VOGs as an example on the display board
Adopting Vertical Oyster Gardens is so easy and so much fun!
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