# @ahs_gardening on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ-CSsAsJf9
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- **Posted:** 2025-05-22T20:30:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Horticultural Society | American Gardener Magazine (@ahs_gardening) — https://gondola.cc/ahs_gardening

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🌼 Teachers, nature lovers, and plant-storytellers — if you've ever seen a child light up at the "drop of blood" in Daucus carota (Queen Anne’s Lace), or held a buttercup under a chin, you already know the magic of plants as storytellers.⁠
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At this year’s National Children & Youth Garden Symposium (NCYGS), we’re thrilled to welcome Rebecca McMackin as our opening keynote speaker on Wednesday, July 9.⁠
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Her talk — Stories of the Land: Introducing Children to Their Plant Neighbors — is an invitation to pass along new plant stories. Not just folk tales, but real, wild, wondrous facts about native plants and their secret lives. (Think: pollination heists, shape-shifting blooms, and trees that feed cities.)⁠
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Rebecca brings her signature blend of science, storytelling, and deep ecological curiosity to help you teach a new generation how to see the land around them — not just as scenery, but as community.⁠
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📍NCYGS 2025 | Hartford, CT⁠
🗓️ Keynote: Wednesday, July 9⁠
🎟️ Learn more + register at [link in bio]⁠
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Because kids deserve more than just “stop and smell the roses” — they deserve to meet their neighbors.⁠
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#AHSGardening #NCYGS2025 #OutdoorClassroom #GardenBasedLearning #EcologicalEducation #RebeccaMcMackin #PlantStories #NativePlants #EnvironmentalEducation #TeachOutside⁠
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teachoutside, outdoorclassroom, nativeplants, gardenbasedlearning, environmentaleducation, rebeccamcmackin, plantstories, ahsgardening, ncygs2025, ecologicaleducation

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