Florida's Ambitious MILLION ORCHID PROJECT - Ep. 342

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and its partners have embarked on an ambitious project of growing and planting over a million orchids throughout the state of Florida-and largely through teachers and students throughout the state. The combination of youth education, community outreach, and data collection make it not only an admirable project, but as we can see from this video-one that can be potentially replicated in other states.
If you want to know more about the project, check it out here: fairchildgarden.org/science-a...
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[@angela86753]

What a great program. Every school should have something like this

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

This is how education works best. Experience is the best teacher.

[@janecurtis5726]

Wonderful program! Gets children educated and involved in understanding and caring for their local environment. Hopefully this knowledge will stay with them as adults and make them better stewards of the planet.

[@grannyplants1764]

I love hearing about projects like this…all those kids exposed to this program are so fortunate indeed! Thank you to Fairchild Gardens and to you for this video🌿

[@karenmorse7031]

This is fascinating!!!

[@erinwheeler466]

I've heard of the program but was not aware of the depth of the work. Amazing.

[@Plantasyraices]

Such a great program. Thank you for featuring this story. Very interesting.

[@summerrayneoakes]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@innakorchak2878]

I wish we had such projects when I was a child. That is really admirable project !

[@wandashaw3551]

This is an amazing program, and kudos for them coming up with the idea. And kudos to you for highlighting it on your channel. I'm a true orchid head and try to absorb all the information that I can on them. This is so very special, and I'll will be forwarding it on to my family members who work in the school system in my state. ❤❤❤

[@karenkrosnick8725]

Great video and wonderful program for kids and for my state. I do hope this concept spreads throughout the US. Thank you!

[@juliashearer7842]

Wow 🥹 absolutely fantastic. Thanks for this video Summer. ❤

[@nishthasadiwala]

I would also love to have something like this in my school it's very interesting 😊

[@p4ul1010]

This is AMAZING! I cannot stress enough how good this is and how many schools across country need to do this.

[@traceytill4442]

This is amazing!!!!!!!

[@summerrayneoakes]

Agreed. Wish all kids had opportunities like this that they can participate in.

[@nancylee1883]

A great collaborative effort that is beneficial to everyone. Love to see projects like this.

[@FloridaHiker619]

I'm impressed. I would also like to see government buildings have an area landscaped with native plants. Wherever you live in Florida there's amazing native plants.

[@marycollins8356]

A wonderful Horticultural program!

[@aileen1062]

This is so amazing what they do here! I wish my school did stuff like this, such a great idea ❤

[@nox1487]

I work in a school district and am in the process of starting a gardening club in my district! I’m hoping to be able to do some stuff like this for our native terrestrial orchids in New Jersey! A lot of people forget that orchids exist in many northern states!

[@jangreygarin3107]

What the best❤🎉

[@ac42405]

Wish I had been taught botany in school. Seems more relevant than ever

[@crossdreamlandbv4522]

I wish more schools in my country would do something like this.

[@kathymacomber5115]

Awesome project

[@ceskyvlk8469]

it would be so cool to have such projects here too. I live like 500m away from 100+ old gardening school, but they are so bad at doing any events its such a shame..

[@Alwaysherethere]

I wonder if this type of thing can be done up here in the northeast

[@fluterific00]

Now, that's likely the kind of science that would have actually clicked with me because it's something tangible and that I could apply it to in order to make sense. I just got my first orchid. A little dead looking as it was on sale. Knowing that plants can make come backs, I got it anyway. Didn't want to pay $20. If this works, I got an orchid for $4! Moth orchid is my variety.

[@jhonPriego-dp5fd]

88 i like it edibles exotic fruits read the book 200 botanical teas and 1200 cactus u got a common greenhouse

[@jhonPriego-dp5fd]

I only got two hands most fams are not homeless asia doing it by 320m2 88even japan