By Lee Roop
The Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PBCI) awarded a $25,000 grant to support STEM educational programming at Huntsville Botanical Garden (HBG).
The grant is intended to provide a significant and positive impact on children’s education in Alabama, and contribute to a stronger workforce and healthier quality of life for the state. Also, this begins a new partnership between PBCI and HBG.
“Plant science education is at the heart of what we do,” said HBG Vice President of Institutional Advancement Annette Alexander. “The Garden provides a spectrum of programs to support STEM learning through teacher professional development, student learning experiences, STEM youth volunteer programming, camps and more.”
HBG is a nonprofit organization that exists to connect people to plants in order to support a healthier quality of life for the region. The garden offers several STEM-based programs and a new teacher professional development program called, Cultivate. This program gives support directly to teachers to help them interact with students regarding STEM education across several locations in the state.
