US (FL): Students help reestablish rare and endangered native orchids
The Million Orchid Project, with a goal to reestablish rare and endangered native orchids throughout public spaces in South Florida, has been incorporated into the Fairchild Challenge, the successful multidisciplinary education program for 125,000 public and private K-12 students in 270 schools in Miami.
Jason Dowling of Fairchild Garden taught freshmen and juniors how to attach newly grown Florida cowhorn orchids to oak and buttonwood trees at the school using burlap twine, a natural fiber.
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