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Category : Workshops & Events
Garden Tour Promoters Pack
As part of Life Lab's 40th Anniversary we organized and promoted "Santa Cruz County Open School Gardens Day" This was a one day event where 14 local school gardens opened their gates for community building and garden tours. Our post event assessment noted that about 300 [...]

The Danes Are Here
We have been having a great time showing visitors from Denmark some of the best farm to school and school garden programs in the region. The Danish study tour group, organized by Life Lab, is composed of eighteen government ministers, university faculty and graduate stu [...]
Tour Life Lab’s work in the Pajaro Valley!
Register Below (free event)! Friday, Novermber 4th, 2016 from 9:45am - Noon (NOTE NEW START TIME) See first-hand how Life Lab is growing healthy, inspired children! Visit the garden at Amesti Elementary School in Watsonville, and see how we are supporting gar [...]
School Garden Design Webinar
Life Lab's John Fisher led a photo filled webinar on School Garden Design as part of EdWeb's Growing School Gardens Community. Design Ideas for a Fun, Successful Instructional School Garden Webinar shares school garden design elements from school gardens across the n [...]
Farm and Garden Educator Resource Round-up
Farm and Garden Educator Resources that were shared during the "On the farm and in the garden educators" bus tour. 2011 Eco-Farm Bus Tour visited Cesar Chavez Middle School in Watsonville, De LaVeaga School in Santa Cruz, The Life Lab Garden Classro [...]
“Food, What?!” Harvest Fest in the Sentinel
The Santa Cruz Sentinel covered our largest youth Harvest Fest to date. The article "A field trip to chew on: teens run organic food festival"quotes this student participant: Lorraine Medina talks fast and waves her arms when you ask her about organic vegetables. [...]
Birthday Party in the Garden Classroom
Our 30th Birthday Party was celebrated in The Garden Classroom with over 450 people enjoying garden crafts, strawberry tarts, chickens, goats, fresh squeezed lemonade, The Banana Slug String Band, garden fresh pizza, honey tasting, and of course a huge birthday c [...]
Life Lab Video Contest Winner
As part of our 30th Birthday we hosted a video contest. The theme of the contest was "How does the garden help you grow?" See more information, runner ups and link to all the entries here: www.lifelab.org/contest.php Here is the winning video: First Prize Winner: G [...]