# @kidsgardening on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CYcE-GXsLc4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20776231-kidsgardening-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-01-07T18:21:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** KidsGardening (@kidsgardening) — https://gondola.cc/kidsgardening

## Caption

“When a student who is living in a world where most of what they are reading or seeing is different from the language that their family speaks at home sees in the garden something that they recognize — whether its a plant or a word on a sign — that student feels a sense of belonging, and a sense of excitement because they can make connections between the garden, themselves, their family, their home, and their life at school.”

We recently had the pleasure to talk with Nicole Dugat, Executive Director of schoolyardroots about the new garden signs at Flatwoods Elementary. They were awarded the Little Seeds #PollinatorPals Grant in Summer 2021, which helped fund a garden rebuild, pollinator garden, and inclusive signage.

The garden now hosts a diverse mix of annual and perennial fruiting and flowering plants that attract beneficial pollinators, show the full life cycle of plants, and invite curiosity and exploration through the senses. Nicole emphasizes that “one of our biggest jobs as garden educators is helping people see how people and things are all connected,” and that the garden is not only a place to not connect with nature, but also ourselves and one another.

You can read more about their garden space and ways to incorporate different types of inclusive signs in your own school garden through the link in our profile. 

Image description: A blue sign with vertical white writing that says "Acelgas" Behind the sign is a leafy green plant and some brown plant matter.

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