Knight Elementary Invites Community to 'A Knight in the Garden'

Knight Elementary in Lilburn is ready to debut its new outdoor learning center.

Knight Elementary Invites Community to 'A Knight in the Garden'

Knight Elementary in Lilburn is ready to debut its new outdoor learning center.

Knight Elementary and the Knight Elementary PTA -- with generous help from The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Home Depot, and community members -- are proud to debut a new on-site Outdoor Learning Project. The unique outdoor environment, designed to bring students, their families, and the local community together, will feature raised vegetable and pollinator gardens on school grounds. Parents and community members are invited to “A Knight in the Garden,” a special evening event celebrating the new outdoor project. The event is scheduled for Friday, May 3, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. at Knight Elementary, 401 River Road, in Lilburn. The educational garden is broken into several unique learning areas: a Rainbow Garden, Dragon Garden, Music …

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Knight Elementary Receives $30,000 Grant for Outdoor Learning Center

The Lilburn school is expected to begin work on the outdoor classroom soon. Volunteers are needed.

Thanks to a $30,000 grant, Knight Elementary School students soon will have a new outdoor learning center that will connect what they learn in class to what happens in nature. The Lilburn school received the $30,000 grant from two organizations, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA Region 4) and the Greening Youth Foundation. Work on the learning center will begin in March, and once completed, it will include pollination and butterfly gardens, vegetable gardens, reading areas, lecture areas, a water conservation program, and a waste recycling program. As students plant, maintain, and harvest the gardens in the outdoor classroom, they will supplement what they are learning in science, mathematics, social studies, and …

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