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County DOE pitches "Growing Our Own" nursery to grow native trees, train students
Summary
On Feb. 18 the PGCPS Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee heard Prince George’s County Department of the Environment (DOE) propose a local native-plant nursery model — “Growing Our Own” — to reduce transport emissions, supply school greening projects and provide student and workforce training.
Mary Abe, Deputy Associate Director at the Prince George’s County Department of the Environment, told the Climate Change Action Plan Ad Hoc Committee on Feb. 18 that the county is advancing a "Growing Our Own" native-plant nursery model that would partner with Prince George’s County Public Schools to grow trees and perennials locally, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from long-distance transport, and create hands-on learning and workforce-training opportunities.
The program would use a combination of on-campus greenhouses, portable production units such as retrofitted shipping-container "growtainers," and partnerships with local farmers to raise seedlings to…
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