site planning My first project on site consisted of utilizing a vegetation free space at the garden, and designing something that would provide the students of the local high school with shade and protection from the sun. With guidance from Kevin O'Toole, the teacher who started...
Site overview My internship site consists of the community gardens over at the Morton Freshmen Center in Cicero, Illinois. These gardens have been established since 2018, and last year, the high school students created an entirely new garden to further increase biodiversity in Cicero. These gardens...
Get To Know Me! Hi everyone! My name is Lizbeth Delgado and I am a returning intern for Environment for the Americas this summer. Last summer I was working at the Morton Freshmen Center gardens as a summer youth leader, and this summer I’m working...
It has now been 2 months and 1 long summer since the Summer Garden Program began, and the new garden has had quite the transformation. This summer we had close to 4,000 hours of work completed from students in the Cicero community. Thanks to the...
I started working at the butterfly gardens in May. Now, July is coming to an end, meaning the gardens are no longer dirt and gravel but full of growing plants. In the blink of an eye, a grass plot has become a sanctuary for animals...
The bigger picture: Understanding how our summer project helps save our planet Due to the innovative mind of Biology teacher Kevin O'Toole, the Morton East Freshmen Center has 11,500 fewer feet of grass and 11,500 more feet of native plants. The Monarch Butterfly Gardens, designed by...
Get to know me! Welcome everyone to my very first blog post! My name is Lizbeth Delgado and I’m excited to document this journey as an intern for Environment for the Americas. Enjoy a short introductory video about myself and my site this summer. https://cdn1.environmentamericas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/09160432/E59A3B26-7FA4-470C-B51D-E1D22B15E0F9.mp4 The site I...