In this video, created by Aves Compartidas Instructor Tyler Knapp, we learn about how Sevenoaks Nursery and Peoria Gardens employees grow and care for plants. Then we visit Willamette Mission State Park to learn about habitat restoration from Rosario Franco, owner of R. Franco Restoration. This video was designed to teach students about the plants that they received from local nurseries, including iris (Iris Tenax), yarrow (Yarrow millefolium), and snowberry (Symphoricarpos spp.).
In this video we visit Vivero la Huerta, owned by Luis Paul Franke. Luis, Lucio, and Humberto teach us about how native plants are propagated. Vivero la Huerta is a project partner located in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México. Native plants provide food and habitat for migratory bird and other wildlife.
In 2020, the Twinning project began to establish connections with plant nurseries in the Willamette Valley. Sevenoaks Nursery and Peoria Gardens nurseries in Albany, Oregon made private donations to sponsor migratory bird education programs at two schools in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.
During the 2020-2021 school year, Sevenoaks Nursery and Peoria Gardens nurseries donated a total of 800 pollinators and natives to 400 students in bilingual elementary schools in the Willamette Valley, including Lincoln, Garfield, South Shore and River Road schools. We are so grateful for our partnership with Sevenoaks and Peoria Gardens, which has allowed us to expand our program and provide opportunities for students to connect with nature!
In the Laja River basin in the state of Guanajuato, we are also partnering with local native plant nurseries, such as Vivero La Huerta, located in the city of San Miguel de Allende. Guanajuato students have been learning about native plants and vegetables as part of the Cuenca Sana Comunidad Sana project. This project goes hand in hand with the Aves Compartidas program. This school year, students and their families in various communities in the Rio Laja basin received vertical gardens and vegetable seeds, as part of a curriculum that teaches young people about plant development and good nutrition.
In the near future, the Twinning program will sponsor nursery employees in Laja and Willamette to visit each other to promote learning.
Aves Compartidas instructors handed out plants to teachers in the Willamette Valley. The students shared photos of themselves taking care of their plants at home.
4th grade students from South Shore elementary school in Albany, Oregon made drawings of their plants. They also made a plan for where they would plant their plants, how they would care for them, and discussed the importance of their plants for attracting and feeding wildlife.
