'Art of Giving' Spring Garden Party Set

Laura Rehnert and TFS Students
(Capehart Photography)

(Press Release) (PALM BEACH) – This spring, generosity is in full bloom on Palm Beach. The Susan and Dom Telesco Center for Creative Education’s “The Art of Giving”: Spring Garden Party will take place on March 16, at 7 p.m. at Club Colette. The elegant evening will bring together community leaders and supporters to celebrate CCE’s mission to expand opportunity through education. Proceeds from the event are earmarked for the creation of a new student garden on campus at The Foundations School in West Palm Beach.

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CCE advances academic success through programs that support students, families and communities. The Foundations School, one of four core pillars, is a K–5 independent school achieving transformative results for underserved students. Tuition is accessible thanks to critical philanthropic support and state scholarships. CCE’s work produces results that inform and impact the field of education.
 
The new Garden Classroom will be a secure, walled outdoor learning space just outside the cafeteria rotunda. More than a beautification project, it will serve as a living lab where students apply classroom lessons to real-world experiences. The garden will function as a STEM space with hydroponic systems for studying plant life cycles; a math and commerce lab where students measure growth, track yields and explore concepts like pricing and budgeting; and a joyful, healthy environment where each class grows a different crop before coming together to share a schoolwide, garden-to-table salad they cultivated themselves. The space will also connect students to the local agricultural economy, helping them understand how food moves from seed to table and how fresh, local food supports lifelong health and wellness.
 
“A learning garden is a high-impact investment in our students’ future,” said Robert L. Hamon, President and CEO of CCE. “It creates a hands-on classroom where children strengthen literacy, math, and science skills while developing responsibility, confidence, and a sense of ownership in their learning. For our students, the garden represents more than plants and pathways—it represents opportunity, early intervention, and a lasting foundation for academic success.”
 
Designed as a living classroom, the garden will provide opportunities for students to connect their studies to real-world applications while nurturing responsibility, collaboration and curiosity.
 
“As an owner of an organic farm in the Northeast and a board member of the Center for Creative Education, which operates The Foundations School, I understand the importance of teaching children about farming,” said Laura Rehnert, Honorary Chair. “The lessons learned by planting seeds and watching the plants grow and eventually end up on their plates is a life lesson they can carry with them throughout their lives, an invaluable teaching experience.”

For additional information on The Foundations School or CCE, visit cceflorida.org. To purchase a ticket or to make a donation toward a scholarship, please call Vivianne Hall at 561.805.9927; extension 118.