Join us in the SNAC Garden Greenhouses and Gardens this spring throughout April-May to plant our cold weather crops for the season and start seeds for our plant sale with students and teachers! If you would like to participate, please make sure to fill out the form on the bottom of this page to be added to our 2024 volunteer list, if you have not yet volunteered with us this year. If you have volunteered with us this year your email should be in our volunteer group to receive updates on scheduled dates and there is no need to fill out the form again.

When volunteering, ALWAYS sign into the front office first and then meet us in the SNAC Garden afterwards. If it is your first time volunteering, contact shandra@snacgarden.org and we will wait for you in the front office to show you how to sign in.

Timeline: Late Feb to end of May

Time commitment: 2 hours

Location: Longneck Elementary

Description: You will be transplanting soil blocks into small containers, watering, labeling, and providing a final count of plants to prepare for the plant sales at each school. You will be instructed on how to move soil blocks into new containers (it is very easy once the plants are established!) Student & teacher help is available, and a garden educator will be on shift to help if needed. Once you feel comfortable, you can do this work independently. We will also be preparing garden beds by weeding, amending with compost, and direct seeding cold weather crops.

Tools to bring: gardening gloves if preferred 

Skill level: easy 

Supervision level: low

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock

Join us for a community pot luck to celebrate Earth Day (April 13th) where we will be starting our garden beds, creating an art project together, and teaching easy techniques to start a garden this summer. This is a public event, however if you are not a teacher, associated with the school, a partner organization or company, or parent or guardian of a student at NGE or another SNAC partner school, being on our volunteer list is MANDATORY for attendance.

Time: 9am-12pm

Location: North Georgetown Elementary School (644 N Bedford Street, Georgetown DE)

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Lunch and water will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself warm during winter/early spring months.

What to expect:
9 am: SNAC Garden Executive Director will host a workshop to teach you how to prepare and seed garden beds for the spring season. We will demonstrate by preparing our garden beds in the SNAC Garden.

11-12pm: Potluck lunch to demonstrate healthy, easy recipes and ways to add more vegetables to your diet. Meals will be vegetarian and made from vegetables that we demonstrated planting in the workshop.

Join us in the SNAC Garden Greenhouses and Gardens this spring throughout April-May to plant our cold weather crops for the season and start seeds for our plant sale with students and teachers! If you would like to participate, please make sure to fill out the form on the bottom of this page to be added to our 2024 volunteer list, if you have not yet volunteered with us this year. If you have volunteered with us this year your email should be in our volunteer group to receive updates on scheduled dates and there is no need to fill out the form again.

When volunteering, ALWAYS sign into the front office first and then meet us in the SNAC Garden afterwards. If it is your first time volunteering, contact shandra@snacgarden.org and we will wait for you in the front office to show you how to sign in.

Timeline: Late Feb to end of May

Time commitment: 2 hours

Location: Longneck Elementary

Description: You will be transplanting soil blocks into small containers, watering, labeling, and providing a final count of plants to prepare for the plant sales at each school. You will be instructed on how to move soil blocks into new containers (it is very easy once the plants are established!) Student & teacher help is available, and a garden educator will be on shift to help if needed. Once you feel comfortable, you can do this work independently. We will also be preparing garden beds by weeding, amending with compost, and direct seeding cold weather crops.

Tools to bring: gardening gloves if preferred 

Skill level: easy 

Supervision level: low

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock

Join us in the SNAC Garden Greenhouses and Gardens this spring throughout April-May to plant our cold weather crops for the season and start seeds for our plant sale with students and teachers! If you would like to participate, please make sure to fill out the form on the bottom of this page to be added to our 2024 volunteer list, if you have not yet volunteered with us this year. If you have volunteered with us this year your email should be in our volunteer group to receive updates on scheduled dates and there is no need to fill out the form again.

When volunteering, ALWAYS sign into the front office first and then meet us in the SNAC Garden afterwards. If it is your first time volunteering, contact shandra@snacgarden.org and we will wait for you in the front office to show you how to sign in.

Timeline: Late Feb to end of May

Time commitment: 2 hours

Location: Longneck Elementary, North Georgetown Elementary

Description: You will be transplanting soil blocks into small containers, watering, labeling, and providing a final count of plants to prepare for the plant sales at each school. You will be instructed on how to move soil blocks into new containers (it is very easy once the plants are established!) Student & teacher help is available, and a garden educator will be on shift to help if needed. Once you feel comfortable, you can do this work independently. We will also be preparing garden beds by weeding, amending with compost, and direct seeding cold weather crops.

Tools to bring: gardening gloves if preferred 

Skill level: easy 

Supervision level: low

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock

Join us in the SNAC Garden Greenhouses this spring throughout April to plant our cold weather crops for the season and start seeds for our plant sale with students and teachers! Exact dates are flexible, if you are interested in this volunteer opportunity but cannot make it to this date please fill out the information below and complete the survey so we can schedule more dates for volunteering.

Timeline: Late Feb to end of April; timing flexible; weekdays preferable to involve students 

Time commitment: 2 hours

Location: Longneck Elementary

Description: You will be transplanting soil blocks into small containers, watering, labeling, and providing a final count of plants to prepare for the plant sales at each school. You will be instructed on how to move soil blocks into new containers (it is very easy once the plants are established!) Student & teacher help is available, and a garden educator will be on shift to help if needed. Once you feel comfortable, you can do this work independently.

Tools to bring: gardening gloves if preferred 

Skill level: easy 

Supervision level: low

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock

Join us for our Giving Tuesday Fundraiser

When: November 28th 5pm-7pm
Where: Treaty General Store and Relish Decor in Berlin, MD ✨ (in store ONLY)
Address: 11 North Mainstreet, Berlin MD 21811

Shop for Christmas gifts for friends and family while also giving a local child the gift of learning in nature this holiday season🌱 20% of all sales will go to directly to SNAC ! Every $20 raised gives a classroom an hour outside in the SNAC Garden learning with an educator.

We’ll also have healthy holiday snacks and refreshments for you while you shop, and an amazing styling team at Treaty General to help you pick out your goodies. See you there!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

This year we are hosting Homeroom Harvest at the Good Earth Market in Ocean View!

Tickets include a harvest table experience (artisanal cured meats & cheeses, chutneys, honeys, olives, pickles, nuts, & crostini, seasonal veggies & salads, open faced sandwiches), open bar with wine and beer options, and live music by Old Soul Blues with Connor Filicko and Jake Banazsak in the garden.

All ticket and silent auction proceeds will go directly towards supporting school garden programming.

(last year at Twain & Abel Farm)

Become a SNAC Garden Sponsor for this year’s event!

Join us for a summer upkeep day at Longneck Elementary!

We will be removing any weeds from the garden, planting food to be ready by the school year, and doing a general cleanup of the area before school starts so that the space looks good for the season. Be prepared for potential kneeling work and to get your hands dirty!

If you are not a teacher, associated with the school, or parent or guardian of a student at LNE, RSVP is MANDATORY for attendance. Please RSVP by emailing shandra@snacgardens.org or sign up below.

Time: 9am-11am

Location: Longneck Elementary SNAC Garden (parking and directions will be shared upon RSVP)

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Water will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, light layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself cool and protected from the sun.

Planting Seeds for the Fall Season!

Help us kickstart the season by planting seeds at our school locations for a variety of plants, including fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Volunteers of all skill levels are encouraged to join us. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or new to gardening, your contribution will make a difference. Please bring your gardening gloves and enthusiasm!

• Location: North Georgetown Elementary

  Date: August 8th

  Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Planting Seeds for the Fall Season!

Help us kickstart the season by weeding and planting seeds at our school locations for a variety of plants, including fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Volunteers of all skill levels are encouraged to join us. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or new to gardening, your contribution will make a difference. Please bring your gardening gloves and enthusiasm!

• Location: Southern Delaware School of the Arts

  Date: August 16th

  Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Planting Seeds for the Fall Season!

Help us kickstart the season by weeding and planting seeds at our school locations for a variety of plants, including fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Volunteers of all skill levels are encouraged to join us. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or new to gardening, your contribution will make a difference. Please bring your gardening gloves and enthusiasm!

• Location: Southern Delaware School of the Arts

  Date: August 16th

  Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Join us for a summer upkeep day at Longneck Elementary!

We will be removing any weeds from the garden, doing some planting, mulching areas that need to be mulched, and potentially harvesting. Be prepared for potential kneeling work and to get your hands dirty!

If you are not a teacher, associated with the school, a partner organization or company, or parent or guardian of a student at LNE, RSVP is MANDATORY for attendance. Please RSVP by emailing shandra@snacgardens.org or sign up below.

Time: 9am-11am

Location: Longneck Elementary SNAC Garden (parking and directions will be shared upon RSVP)

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Water will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, light layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself cool and protected from the sun.

Join us for a summer upkeep day at Longneck Elementary!

We will be removing any weeds from the garden, finishing any planting work, and doing a general cleanup of the area after the school year so that the space looks good for the summer. Be prepared for potential kneeling work and to get your hands dirty!

If you are not a teacher, associated with the school, a partner organization or company, or parent or guardian of a student at LNE, RSVP is MANDATORY for attendance. Please RSVP by emailing shandra@snacgardens.org or sign up below.

Time: 9am-11am

Location: Longneck Elementary SNAC Garden (parking and directions will be shared upon RSVP)

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Water will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, light layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself cool and protected from the sun.

Join us at the new Howard T. Ennis School to prepare our garden beds for the season! We will be planting a variety of native plants in the new garden space. We will provide water, snacks, and tools.

Time: 10am-1pm

Location:
Howard T. Ennis School
26351 Patriots Way, Georgetown 
Note: make sure you put this address in the GPS, if you search “Howard T. Ennis” in the GPS it will take you to the old location.

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Water and snacks will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself warm during winter/early spring months.

What to expect:
10 am: Bed preparation. We will be preparing the soil around the garden space to plant native species and pollinators.

11am: We will plant native plants in the ground that we prepared. We hope to plant 15+ species, and 30-50 small plants around the meadow area.

DNREC Water Family Fest

Join us at DNREC’s Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale at James Farm Ecological Preserve this year!

DNREC and the Delaware Center for the Inland Bays host an annual Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale at the James Farm Ecological Preserve, in Ocean View. The event highlights the work of each organization to improve Delaware’s wetlands, water, and recreational shorelines.

The 2023 Event will be held on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Note: This event is rain or shine.

The Water Family Fest and Native Plant Sale,  is free and family-friendly. It features “feet-wet, hands-dirty fun,” outdoor recreation and educational opportunities, multiple exhibits, food trucks, and a native plant sale.

Organizations and nonprofits, including SNAC, will be at James Farm the entire span of the festival so attendees can take their time exploring activities and exhibits.

Local plant nurseries will be there to answer questions on the importance of native species and will have a variety of native plants for sale to the public.

Educational exhibits will help people explore environmental topics such as seagrass, shellfish, waves, beaches, wetlands, tax ditches, rain gardens, and more.

Join us for a community pot luck on Earth Day (April 22nd) where we will be creating an art project together and hosting a workshop on easy techniques to start a garden this summer. This is a public event, however if you are not a teacher, associated with the school, a partner organization or company, or parent or guardian of a student at NGE or another SNAC partner school, RSVP is MANDATORY for attendance.

Time: 12am-3pm

Location: North Georgetown Elementary School (644 N Bedford Street, Georgetown DE)

What to bring: Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Lunch and water will be provided, we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle. 

What to wear: Clothes that can get dirty, warm layers that can be removed or added, hat, sunblock. Please wear the appropriate clothing to keep yourself warm during winter/early spring months.

What to expect:
12 pm: SNAC Garden Executive Director will host a workshop to teach you how to prepare and seed garden beds for the spring season. We will demonstrate by preparing our garden beds in the SNAC Garden.

1-3pm: Potluck lunch to demonstrate healthy, easy recipes and ways to add more vegetables to your diet. Meals will be vegetarian and made from vegetables that we demonstrated planting in the workshop. We will also finish whatever work is left in the garden during this time. Following lunch, we will have a reading of The Adventures of Moli and Cule by local author Jeri Berc, and an ecosystem yoga class taught by SNAC Director Shandra Furtado.

Help us build a greenhouse at Longneck Elementary!

All skill levels are welcome! We have an assortment of tasks and activities for you to participate in during this SNAC work day. If you are a parent or guardian of a student at Longneck Elementary or SNAC community partner, we encourage you to RSVP to shandra@snacgardens.org. If you are not a parent or guardian of a student or this is your first time volunteering with SNAC, RSVP is MANDATORY.

What to bring

Please feel free to bring any extra personal items such as bring garden gloves, hat, sunscreen, kneeling pads for weeding, or personal tools. Please wear clothes that you do not mind getting dirty in and warm layers. Gloves are recommended for winter work. If you do not have gloves available to you, please contact shandra@snacgardens.org and we will do our best to accommodate you with an extra pair. We will provide wheelbarrows, shovels, hoes, small trowels, and any other necessary tools for the project competition. If you would like to work on carpentry projects, please bring a drill, saw, and any other materials you may need depending on the nature of the project. We will provide water, light snacks, and a smoothie bar thanks to a produce donation from the Harris Teeter in Longneck. We will have some plastic water bottles available but we encourage you to bring a reusable water bottle to refill.

Greenhouse

We will be building a 20ft greenhouse with the guidance of an experienced contractor. He will need help to put packing soil in the foundation of the greenhouse, life and hold pieces in place while they are being attached, and lay down the flooring (landscaping paper).  

 Garden Pathways

We will be laying down cardboard in our secondary garden space to suppress weeds in places we plan to plant over the summer, and then creating pathways with landscaping paper, patio pavers decorated by students, and brick edging. This entire area will then be mulched to prepare for the season. You will learn how to sheet mulch with cardboard, or compost in place, in order to build healthy soil and garden beds.

Garden weeding

There is a light amount of weeding to be done in the main garden bed. This can be done with minimal supervision. This area is mostly annuals and some greens overwintering. There is also some weeding to be done in the native pollinator beds near the walls.

Compost bins

Our compost piles are getting pretty big, and we will be using pallets to build walls around the area to contain waste.

 Natural paint pigment demonstration

We will have a natural pigment demonstration where you’ll learn how to make paint out of natural materials. We will then paint a banner together to hang in the greenhouse when everything is finished.

We're hosting a farm-to-table evening featuring botanical cocktails and local seasonal hors d'oeuvres at One Coastal Farm in Ocean View. It will be an evening of music, connection, cocktails, and a silent auction.

Local chefs will create one-of-a-kind dishes with produce from different vendors and producers, all within a 200 mile travel radius. You will served “tapa” style under the ambiance of a candlelit field during golden hour with some of the best music Sussex County has to offer.

Stay tuned for band, menu, and other announcements! Tickets go on sale mid-August.

Click here to buy tickets

Click here to RSVP on Facebook to see menu sneak peaks.

Click here to sponsor, volunteer, or donate an item to the silent auction.

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¡Únase a nosotros en la escuela primaria North Georgetown para la cosecha de fin de verano, el embellecimiento del jardín y la fiesta de plantación!

Prepararemos y plantaremos camas de jardín para la temporada de otoño, construiremos un enrejado de pérgola con una pequeña biblioteca al aire libre para nuestro salón de clases y terminaremos de construir nuestro cobertizo, incluida la pintura de un mural en las paredes exteriores del cobertizo con la ayuda de un artista local. Comuníquese con nosotros si es un artista y desea ayudar con la planificación del diseño general del mural. También tendremos pequeños proyectos de arte para embellecer nuestro jardín, incluyendo letreros decorativos y adoquines. La mañana culminará con una demostración de cocina de Teach a Person to Fish Society (TAPTF), y luego se proporcionará el almuerzo a todos. Confirme su asistencia para que podamos tener una idea general de la cantidad de comida que se debe planificar. El agua y la fruta estarán disponibles durante el transcurso del día de voluntariado.

9 am-11 am: trabajo de jardinería, construcción del cobertizo/pérgola, proyectos de arte.

11 am- Demostración de cocina por Teach a Person to Fish Society (TAPTF)

11:15 - Almuerzo gratis y hora social

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Join us at North Georgetown Elementary for an end of summer harvest, garden beautification, and planting party!

We will be prepping and planting garden beds for the fall season, building a pergola trellis with a small outdoor library for our classroom, and finishing up building our shed — including painting a mural on the outside walls of the shed with help from a local artist. Please reach out to us if you are an artist and want to help with planning the general design for the mural. We will also have small art projects for beautifying our garden, including decorating signs and paver stones. The morning will culminate in a cooking demonstration from the Teach a Person to Fish Society (TAPTF), and then lunch will be provided to everyone. Please RSVP so we can get a general idea on how much food to plan for. Water and fruit will be available throughout the course of the volunteer day.

9am-11am: Garden work, building the shed/pergola, art projects.

11am- Cooking demonstration by Teach a Person to Fish Society (TAPTF)

11:15 - Free lunch & social hour

Join us at SDSA from 730 am to 1030 to prepare beds and plant vegetables for the fall season.

Join us for the second build day at Longneck Elementary! We will be putting the final touches on our garden by planting our pollinator and herb patches, finishing up the vegetable beds, and creating some art projects to beautify our space. Students and parents are invited to come help us put the final touches on the space before the summer starts. Please wear a mask and follow all social distancing protocols. Light refreshments and music will be provided. Sign up below to reserve a spot at the garden day!

We will be selling an assortment of plants at the school performances at SDSA to help cover some of the curriculum costs of the garden. We have peppers, zucchini, flowers, tomatoes, and some herbs. First come first serve!

We will be selling an assortment of plants at the school performances at SDSA to help cover some of the curriculum costs of the garden. We have peppers, zucchini, flowers, tomatoes, and some herbs. First come first serve!

Our first build day at Longneck Elementary! We’ll be focusing on the installation of the garden structures and prepping the new beds for planting. We’ll provide light refreshments and music, please bring your mask and maybe a hammer, and make sure to follow all social distancing rules! Sign up for the event for more information.