Taking Time to Notice
Tudor Place is launching a month-long initiative that will run from April 15 to May 15 as part of City Nature Month, Earth Day and National Public Gardens Week. Tudor Place will post activities and lessons, chat with students in their new home classrooms and share moments captured in the garden.
Look for updates from Tudor Place on the Education at Home portal and on social media.
April 22, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a unifying movement of parents, students, scientists and concerned citizens that began when Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson called on Americans to care for both the natural world and their neighbors.
In 2020, naturalists and horticulture hobbyists provide sound advice: go outside and look.
Notice the details and changes in the natural world around. Even if that means just beyond the doorstep.
Tudor Place partners with iNaturalist, City Nature Challenge and the American Public Gardens Association. Each organization embraces the healing power of nature. iNaturalist is a platform that crowdsources professional plant identifications, using photos by everyday citizens to create a worldwide scientific catalog. City Nature Challenge encourages stewardship of the natural world in urban spaces. The American Public Gardens Association is committed to making gardens inclusive public spaces.
These organizations rely on professional knowledge and citizen science – they need everyday observers.
The request, in the end, is simple: sit back, take a moment, and notice.
