Life Lab Garden Classroom Features

Download a summary of the Garden Classroom Elements which lists resources and ideas to create in your educational garden.

In 1998, Life Lab Science Program began dreaming about creating a center where people could experience garden-based education in an environment that modeled all the possibilities for creating effective outdoor learning spaces and practices.

After much planning, research and design, construction began in April of 2001. Life Lab along with the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems co-manage the two-acre Garden Classroom. The Garden Classroom which is located on the UCSC CASFS Farm overlooking the Monterey Bay.

COME VISIT
The Garden Classroom & the CASFS Farm are open every day of the year
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Directions & Parking information.

The site features many different learning areas including:

The Rot Zone: A compost demonstration area featuring over ten different composting and vermicomposting structures and a chicken coop with laying hens
Birds, Bats, Bees, Butterflies and Beyond: A wildlife habitat featuring bird blind, plant tunnel, native plants, nectary, solar powered bird bath, many feeders, bat house, bee house, bird viewing station, hawk perch, bird houses and herb bed
Pollination garden which features annual and perennial plants
Tropical/Dry Comparison Beds which feature plants with different adaptations to their environment
A bog environment which hosts a hoard of carnivorous plants
Central Spiral with plant petting zoo that features touchable plants of many textures and scents
Tea beds full of harvestable teas and herbs
Textile & dye bed
Native plant meadow
Freshwater Pond featuring aquatic plants & fish
Tool shed and storage area
Hoop House for cold weather growing
Sculpture, mosaic and other art projects in the garden
Weather station
Fruiting trees and shrubs integrated throughout for children to harvest
Root view box
Track Trail: wildlife footprints tell stories in the concrete pathways
Recycled and salvaged materials used throughout demonstrate creative reuse
A Human Sundial
An Outdoor Garden Kitchen with Cob and Solar Ovens
Agricultural History Timeline
Vegetable row crop field for growing food crops for our field trips and events

Click to download a map of the garden.

Click for uses of the Garden Classroom

Click for volunteer opportunities.

Click to download a brochure about the Life Lab Garden Classroom (1 mb PDF).


	Life Lab Garden Classroom Features Download a summary of the Garden Classroom Elements which lists resources and ideas to create in your educational garden. In 1998, Life Lab Science Program began dreaming about creating a center where people could experience garden-based education in an environment that modeled all the possibilities for creating effective outdoor learning spaces and practices. After much planning, research and design, construction began in April of 2001. Life Lab along with the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems co-manage the two-acre Garden Classroom. The Garden Classroom which is located on the UCSC CASFS Farm overlooking the Monterey Bay. COME VISIT The Garden Classroom & the CASFS Farm are open every day of the year 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Directions & Parking information. The site features many different learning areas including: The Rot Zone: A compost demonstration area featuring over ten different composting and vermicomposting structures and a chicken coop with laying hens Birds, Bats, Bees, Butterflies and Beyond: A wildlife habitat featuring bird blind, plant tunnel, native plants, nectary, solar powered bird bath, many feeders, bat house, bee house, bird viewing station, hawk perch, bird houses and herb bed Pollination garden which features annual and perennial plants Tropical/Dry Comparison Beds which feature plants with different adaptations to their environment A bog environment which hosts a hoard of carnivorous plants Central Spiral with plant petting zoo that features touchable plants of many textures and scents Tea beds full of harvestable teas and herbs Textile & dye bed Native plant meadow Freshwater Pond featuring aquatic plants & fish Tool shed and storage area Hoop House for cold weather growing Sculpture, mosaic and other art projects in the garden Weather station Fruiting trees and shrubs integrated throughout for children to harvest Root view box Track Trail: wildlife footprints tell stories in the concrete pathways Recycled and salvaged materials used throughout demonstrate creative reuse A Human Sundial An Outdoor Garden Kitchen with Cob and Solar Ovens Agricultural History Timeline Vegetable row crop field for growing food crops for our field trips and events Click to download a map of the garden. Click for uses of the Garden Classroom Click for volunteer opportunities. Click to download a brochure about the Life Lab Garden Classroom (1 mb PDF). © Life Lab Science Program

Life Lab Garden Classroom Features

COME VISIT The Garden Classroom & the CASFS Farm are open every day of the year 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Directions & Parking information.

COME VISIT
The Garden Classroom & the CASFS Farm are open every day of the year
8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Directions & Parking information.