The project “Green Line of Life” was created through intensive meetings with the partners from Düsseldorf, Orléans, Rajhrad, Bielsko-Biala and Celje. Those are all horticultural schools which, with the exception of the school in Düsseldorf, have been maintaining good contacts for many years and have also been involved in ERASMUS+ projects before. The EU-Horticulture-Teacher asbl based in Luxembourg is the initiator and coordinator of this project, but does not organise a seminar itself. The association, which was founded in 2017, but has existed for many years without a fixed structure, is about bringing together as many teachers and learners as possible from the professional world of horticulture in order to exchange professional, cultural, and human information for a better mutual understanding in Europe. The red (“green") thread of this project stems from the project idea, namely to show teachers and learners possibilities of how to sustainably improve the living environment of people with the help of gardening activities. The selection of the seminars was mainly based on the strengths of the participating schools, which they can then pass on to others. This resulted in the following seminars: - Gartenbauschule Düsseldorf: Topic: Gabions. Here the use of gabions in connection with the use as insect hotel is conveyed. A learning app should be created for this purpose. - Gartenbauschule Rajhrad: Theme: Large-scale floristic projects. Here the increasing desire of people to have celebrations in nature is met and the participants are taught how to design such large objects floristically. The creation of a tutorial is planned here. - Gartenbauschule Celje: Topic: Hand in Hand. The focus here is more on what kind of knowledge the participants already have in the field of horticultural activities and if the contents of the two previous seminars have already been incorporated in the partner schools involved. There are several tasks that the participants have to solve. During this seminar, a “Street of European Gardens" will be created, which will be freely accessible. A film will also be made here. - Orléans School of Horticulture: Theme: The perennial plant. The focus here is on plants that can be used for horticultural activities to improve the human living environment. Sample plant plans are to be created by using digital media. - Gartenbauschule Bielsko-Biala: Theme: Green classroom. Here the participants will learn how to plan a classroom in nature and how to put it into practice. The resulting green classroom will continue to be available for use by the school and for visitors. Great importance is attached to the use of digital media at all seminars held in order to promote their use in gardening activities as well. Furthermore, cultural events are always part of the supporting programme of the seminars in order to get to know the culture of the respective host country. Due to the good cooperation of the schools with companies from the horticultural sector, there are good opportunities to organise further work experiences in other European countries. The results of the project will be disseminated through the integration of the contents into the respective teaching units and the organisation of workshops on this topic. Also newspaper articles, homepages of the schools and the association contribute to the spreading. All participants will receive a note and the opportunity to register their participation in the seminars in the EUROPASS. On the European level, the results will be disseminated via eTwinning and Epale.
The project's seminars were intended to achieve the following goals: - The seminar of the horticultural school from Düsseldorf was to teach the use of the building material gabbione as a living space for insects. - The seminar of the horticulture school from Rajhrad was to teach the planning and execution of floristic decorations for outdoor festivities. - The seminar of the horticultural school in Celje was to teach the students and teachers about the cultivation and processing of herbs. - With the seminar of the horticultural school from Orléans, the learners and teachers should get to know better the culture and the use of suitable plants for the beautification of the human living environment. - With the seminar of the horticultural school in Bialsko-Biela, the planning and implementation of a classroom in the green should be worked out and carried out with the learners and teachers. In all activities, the participants should also get to know the culture of the host country. All activities should use modern digital working methods. In all activities, the participants from the different countries should work and implement things together.
The aim of the project was to give teachers and students from the horticultural sector opportunities to improve people's living environment in a sustainable way with the help of horticultural activities. People's need to spend more and more time in nature and also to celebrate festivals there in an appropriate setting. The need for people to live more sustainably by learning to cultivate and use locally grown plants. People's need to live in a beautifully designed green environment through the use of appropriate plants. The need of learners and teachers to improve the school environment in a sustainable way through opportunities to incorporate the natural environment into teaching. The need for people to live in an intact environment where all living things have a basis for life. The need for people to know and learn from other countries and cultures. The need for people to make their daily work easier through the meaningful use of digital media.