A little friend we met in New Mexico.

 

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Welcome to the web site of the Biodiversity Project.


We are a school-based gardening and ecology program sponsored by McQuaid Jesuit High School in Rochester, NY.

Since 1995 we have run an organic garden using rare, open-pollinated varieties of fruits and vegetables. Our produce has been donated to the AIDS-Rochester food bank and to other people of need. Over the past fifteen summers we have delivered more than three tons of organic, fresh produce through the efforts of our student gardeners and staff.

Beginning in the autumn of 2001, we have also offered an elective course in Biodiversity to the students of McQuaid.

Teamwork

The Biodiversity Project in the News:

  • On Wednesday, july 19, 2006 the project was featured in an article in the Brighton-Pittsford Post.
  • Channel 10 TV and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle visited the garden on July 19.  The TV station aired a story on our efforts that evening and the D&C ran a feature article on the Biodiversity Garden the first week of August 2006.
  • Channel 13 featured the Biodiversity Project in its "Bright Spots" segment on Wednesday, July 26.
  • The Greece Cable 12 program "GreenLine" will be visiting the garden on August 9th.  Hopefully our story will be featured later on public access tv.

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  GREAT NEWS!

The Abundant Life Seed Foundation was destroyed by fire on August 4, 2003.But its work with the WORLD SEED FUND is continuing.  Its offering of organic seeds has been taken over by TERRITORIAL SEEDS. Welcome back!
 

SUMMER GARDENING SCHEDULE 2009 :

 

NOTE:  GARDENING FOR JULY 1st HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN AND STANDING MOISTURE IN THE GARDEN.  WE WILL NEXT MEET ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8th.

Our summer gardening work schedule is listed below.  We will work at the McQuaid garden every Wednesday morning, from 10:00 AM until noon.

Students are invited to drop by any week, and will get 2 hours of MAGIS credit for each morning they work.

Please check here if it is raining or if there is a good chance of rain, and you will be notified if work has been cancelled or not.

Thank you in advance to all summer student workers!

SCHEDULE:

July 1    - CANCELLED

July 8    - 10 AM - Noon

July 15  - 10 AM - Noon

July 22  - 10 AM - Noon

July 29  - 10 AM - Noon

Aug. 5   - 10 AM - Noon

Aug. 12 -  10 AM - Noon

Aug. 19 -  10 AM - Noon

Aug. 26 -  10 AM - Noon

Sept. 2  -  10 AM - Noon

To check your MAGIS  hours, click here.

 

 

  • VOLUNTEERS ARE ALWAYS NEEDED AND ARE MOST WELCOME ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS. All students, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to join in our work. If you are interested, call Bob Kidera at (585)256-6108 and leave your name, number, and message!

 
Check out the STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS from our Biodiversity Classes. Click on text below...
In response to the "State of the Planet" video series, McQuaid's students have tried to come up with small, practical steps that can be taken to achieve better environmental sustainability.
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