Free Youth Gardening Program Offered At Wilton Trackside Teen Center

**News Release Submitted by Wilton Garden Club and Trackside Teen Center**

May 14, 2025

Do you have a budding youth gardener? The FREE Green Teens youth gardening program’s spring sessions have started at Trackside Teen Center. All rising middle and high school students are welcome. No gardening experience is necessary – just an interest in nature and in helping others, as the program is rooted (no pun intended!) in community service. The program is held Wednesdays from 3:30-5 PM at Trackside, from May 14 – June 11. Sign up any time. The summer session will run Mondays 9-11 AM from June 23 to Monday, Aug 11.

An initiative of Wilton Garden Club (WGC) and Trackside Teen Center, Green Teens is led by experienced WGC gardeners. Its participants engage in hands-on activities like designing garden beds, planting, maintaining, harvesting as well as learning about pollinators and how to cook with the produce grown in their gardens. They also hear from occasional guest speakers and make creative garden art projects. All of the produce grown is donated weekly to the Wilton Food Pantry and the fresh flowers grown are cut and arranged for the Wilton Senior Center.

“Green Teens goal is to get more young people involved with creating and maintaining vegetable gardens, to teach them about the importance of healthy foods, and to give back to the community,” Laurie Musilli, co-chair of WGC’s youth gardening committee, said. “There’s something in this program for everyone.”

To register, contact Laurie Musilli at dljamus@hotmail.com or Pam Nobumoto at pam.nobumoto@gmail.com. Sign-ups are welcome at any time; registration is ongoing. For more information visit https://www.trackside.org/green-teens.html.