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Category : Partner Schools
Garden-based Education in the “Salad Bowl”
PLANTING THE RAINBOW: GARDEN-BASED EDUCATION IN THE ‘SALAD BOWL’ By – AMELIA RHODELAND, FINDING NATURE NEWS, CHILDREN & NATURE NETWORK OCTOBER 2022 Originally posted in Finding Nature News October, 2022 www.childrenandnature.org/resources/planting-the- [...]
Garden Leaders From Across the Nation Visit PVUSD
As part of our National School Garden Support Organization Leadership Institute we co-hosted a visit of 42 school garden leaders to visit the wonderful school garden program at Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Read the full Press Release in English or in Spanis [...]
Life Lab grows gardeners through ‘the power of garden-based learning’ – Santa Cruz Sentinel
Posted on at Santa Cruz Sentinel June 14, 2018 By Calvin Men View as PDF When you ask John Fisher how he knows school gardens have an impact, he's quick to pluck a memory from years ago. Third graders were out in a garden and among them was a recent immigrant f [...]
November 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
When kids are leaning in, we know they are enjoying learning! These second grade students on a field trip to our Blooming Classroom are dissecting seeds to look for the "young plant" on the [...]
May 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
Spring Harvest & Planting for Fall! Above: A healthful harvest of beets, kohlrabi, and carrots was an exciting part of our spring science and nutrition field trip activities for Watsonville elementary school students at our Blooming Classroom in Wats [...]
April 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
A Toast to Pollinators! Spring is here in our Blooming Classroom in Watsonville, and these students from Amesti Elementary School learned about the importance of pollinators to plants and the environment. Here, they celebrate the vital role that bees, butter [...]
Watsonville School Garden Crew – Spring 2017
June 7th - Hall District School Flower Planting and Irrigation Installation Today we planted flowers with first graders and continued irrigaiton installation May 31 - Hall District School Irrigation Installation / Popcorn and Dry Bean Planting Today we [...]
February 2017 Photo Moment of the Month
Have you ever made a garden on a cracker? These third grade students from Watsonville's Starlight Elementary School have! As part of weekly field trips at our Blooming Classroom, children from several Pajaro Valley Unified School District elementary sch [...]
Watsonville School Garden Crew – Winter 2017
See what we are up to with our Winter 2017 Watsonville School Garden Crew March 8 - Radcliffe School Garden Clean Up and Redesign Today we repaired some garden beds, moved and filled garden beds to sunnier spots of the garden, and set up an outdoor seating area. [...]
November 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Learning and tasting the 6 plant parts. Healthy Eating is FUN in our Blooming Classroom! We always taste fruits and vegetables in our garden programs, and many teachers and parents are surprised at how the children react. In the fun and dynamic context of ga [...]
April 2016 Photo Moment of the Month
Our work with Watsonville schools is growing like spring carrots! Third grade students from Alianza Elementary School enjoyed freshly harvested carrots, camaraderie and learning outdoors as part of our spring season of academically enriched after-school program [...]
November 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Learning Doesn't Stop at 3pm... When school let out on Tuesdays this fall, 60 students came to our Blooming Classroom educational garden in Watsonville to connect with nature, science, healthy food and each other in academically enriched after-school programs. [...]
September 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
We're really "cooking" with FoodCorps! Daiana demonstrates hand pressing of tortillas and explores the amazing world of corn with field trip students. This month we welcomed new FoodCorps service members Lidia Tropeano and Daiana Baez to Life Lab. Lidia and [...]
April 2015 Photo Moment of the Month
Science Exploration "Hey! There's a root in my soil!" This month we welcomed the first students to our new Blooming Classroom educational garden on a farm in western Watsonville. We're excited to be developing this site and new programs to serve students fro [...]
