The Wangari Maathai Natural Garden at the Al Raby School for Community & Environment

The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and Al Raby High School, a Chicago Public School, are transforming the school’s physical environment into the optimal environmental leadership learning environment. The installation of a native woodland garden, named after the 2004 Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai, will help to beautify the main entrance of the school, and help connect the students to a living ecology by providing a hands-on experience in landscape design, creation, and maintenance. In order to maximize the transformative affect of the garden, approximately 2,000 square feet of concrete sidewalk and underlying aggregate will be removed and recycled.