Earth Team Artists Create Backyard “Masterpiece”

Earth Team "artists" - back row (from left) Ms. Jenkins, Dennis Kim, Regina Atwood, Yoon Hwa Choi, Rachel Kim, Hannah Park, Andrew Cho, Rebecca Zia. Front row (from left) Colleen McArdle, Jeanelle Mak, Nicole Choe, Hattie Yoo

For the past six years, the NRCS Plant Materials Center (PMC) and the Maryland State office have teamed up to exhibit at the Maryland Home and Garden Show.  This year, 17 National Honor Society students from River Hill High School in Clarksville, joined the partnership. Volunteering more than 120 hours by working in small groups after school, the students with help from NRCS State and PMC staff, created a 16’ X 18’museum-quality backyard conservation diorama-type display. By using a number of sophisticated design and construction techniques, the students created a back yard scene exhibit. An actual garden, pond, and fence, depicting conservation techniques, blended seamlessly into the background image of a house and yard. It was a three-way, win-win situation as NRCS fielded a top-quality

Earth Team designed and built Backyard Conservation diorama-type display

exhibit produced by students who enjoyed the opportunity to put their talents to work on a project that drew compliments from many at the Maryland Home and Garden Show.
Your contact is Richard Jay “RJ” Ugiansky, NRCS resource conservationist, at 301-504-8175, or rjay.ugiansky@md.usda.gov.