Fall Into STEM Careers, Art & Urban Farming with Koiner Farm! SSL & help our community! - In-person
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Interested in careers in science, food service jobs or agriculture? Celebrate Civic Awareness Month at Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library on Wednesday, September 23 from 4-5 PM - discover STEM careers, ask questions, make art, earn SSL, and help our community and the Little Free Seed Library of downtown Silver Spring's urban farm, Koiner Farm! This SSL opportunity will take place in McGee Library's 3rd Floor Meeting Room. Learn about the Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming and Koiner Farm's incredible history and current role empowering, feeding and teaching our vibrant community. For SSL, help the library with setup, design future teen library programs, help with cleanup/takedown, and harvest seeds from dried flower heads and decorate seed envelopes with info about the seeds and what the plants look like! Your beautiful envelopes of seeds will go to the Little Free Seed Library for the public to use and plant. This event is presented by the Charles Koiner Conservancy for Urban Farming (CKC) and Koiner Farm , the first urban farm in Maryland to be permanently preserved under a conservation easement and the flagship farm of CKC. The easement permits the continued agricultural use of the property and protects access for the public. CKC hosts educational programs for local schools and community groups, while maintaining the farm with help from interns and volunteers. CKC is a nonprofit land trust that protects and manages urban farms in Montgomery County, Maryla
