A Garden of Yes! Fort Worth Botanic Gardens’ NEW Baker Martin Family Garden

Dr. Rhea brings back Cheryl Potemkin, this time to discuss her other role with Fort Worth Botanic Gardens and the development of the new family garden coming soon! Learn all the exciting features of the garden and how it will promote risky play, curiosity, and confidence in children and a great place for adults to find their inner play as a “Garden of YES!”. Cheryl Potemkin is the Early Childhood Program Manager at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. At FWBG Cheryl is dedicated to implementing early childhood programs and professional development, teaching science thinking concepts through quality children’s literature and hands-on Environmental-STEM activities. Cheryl is also the lead for the OLE! Texas DFW Coalition, part of the statewide initiative dedicated to improving health and wellness through outdoor learning environments, as well as one of the North Texas Regional leads for the Texas Children in Nature Network. Resources mentioned in this episode: Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) | FWBG FWBG Junior Volunteers