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The Growing Classroom: An Introduction to Garden Based Learning
Santa Cruz, CA
April 29-30, 2010
Kids in Gardens
Oakland, CA
May 8, 2010
Plant It, Grow It, Eat It: An Introduction to Garden-Based Nutrition Education
Santa Cruz, CA
May 14, 2010
TASTES Seminar
Modesto, CA
June 7-9, 2010
School Garden Teacher Training
Occidental, CA
June 14-18, 2010
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Best Practices in Middle School Gardens
Middle school teachers, staff, students, volunteers and administrators across California are interested in establishing and sustaining instructional gardens. To build on the work that has been done at the elementary school level, the California Department of Education and the UC Davis Children's Garden Program visited inspirational school garden programs at junior high and middle schools. In these pages, through interviews, photographs, and sample curriculum, we highlight the unique contributions of each program to provide a landscape of ideas you can adapt to your school setting.
Click here to learn more.
Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative
UC Cooperative Extension in Los Angeles County is pleased to launch the "Grow LA Victory Garden Initiative" in March and April 2010 for those who wish to grow their own fresh fruits and vegetables. This initiative will help new gardeners learn to start their own gardens quickly and easily in a container, in the backyard or at a community garden, bringing together local families and neighborhoods to share their experiences, skills and produce. Participants will be able to turn this new interest in gardening into successful, productive gardens that will generate positive changes in their homes by helping to lower grocery bills and enhance opportunities to eat healthy, nutritious foods.
For more information on the initiative, please contact Yvonne Savio, Common Ground Garden program manager, at (323) 260-3407, ydsavio@ucdavis.edu.
For information on the individual classes, please check the Calendar listings on Cooperative Extension's Web site.
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The Summer Vegetable Garden
Date: Saturday, April 10
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Arcadia, CA
Instructor: John Lyons
Get up to speed on how to transition from the winter garden to the summer season. Soil preparation, warm season plant choices, correct placement, crop care and feeding will be explored. Organic pest control and good succession planting will also be a focus. A gardener by trade, John Lyons designs, installs and maintains edible landscapes, California Native gardens, orchards and wild hedgerows. Originally from Ireland, he has had gardens in Galway, London, Zurich, New York and Los Angeles. John will inspire, cajole and inform fellow gardeners to try new things, keep doing what they are doing, and dream new landscapes and plant-combo conspiracies.
$22 members/$25 non-members
Reservations: Please call 626.821.4623 or email jill.berry@arboretum.org
LifeLab Garden Classroom
Upcoming Workshops:
Thursday and Friday, April 29-30, 2010: The Growing Classroom: Intro to Garden-Based Learning Cost: $300/person. 1 semester unit of graduate education credit available for an additional $60 fee. Registration deadline, March 16, 2010.
Friday, May 14, 2010: Plant It, Grow It, Eat It: Garden-Enhanced Nutrition Education
Cost: $150/person. 1 semester unit of graduate education credit available for an additional $60. Registration deadline, April 30, 2010.
All of these workshops will be held in Life Lab's Garden Classroom on the UC Santa Cruz campus. For more information, please click here or call (831) 459-2001.
Occidental Arts & Ecology Center
School Garden Teacher Training and Support Program
Since 1997 OAEC's School Garden Program, housed at the 80-acre site in western Sonoma County, has trained over 450 teachers, principals, and core parent volunteers in 173 school garden programs in Northern California, the Greater Bay Area, and beyond. The foundation of the program is the five-day residential summer training which offers a combination of lecture, resource materials and hands-on sessions on organic gardening, permaculture, cooking from the garden, team building, garden design, fundraising, art in the garden, and more. Click here to apply for the program. All applications must be received by April 15, 2010.
Dates:
June 14-18, 2010
July 12-16, 2010
August 2-6, 2010
Schools' Agriculture and Nutrition Fair
Dates:
April 20-24, 2010
Times:
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Tuesday - Friday)
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Saturday)
Location: Fairplex in Pomona (http://www.fairplex.com/)
Phone: 909.468.4433
email: daa48th@aol.com
Click here for more information.
VIP Fair Night
Date: April 20, 2010
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Light refreshments served: $15
Location: Fairplex in Pomona (Building 10) (http://www.fairplex.com/)
Please RSVP at 909.468.4433
Spelling Bee
Date: April 24, 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Fairplex in Pomona (Building 10)
Grades: 1-6
Awards Ceremony
Date: April 24, 2010
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Fairplex in Pomona (Building 10)
School field trips welcome.
Ag Day LA
Dates: April 21-22, 2010
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: The Big Red Barn at Fairplex, Pomona
AgDay LA is open to 3rd and 4th grades only.
Reservations are required, please register here.
The American Horticultural Society's 18th Annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
Dates: July 22-24, 2010
Location: Pasadena, CA
Join educators, garden designers, community leaders, and children's gardening advocates in Pasadena, California for the American Horticultural Society's 18th annual National Children & Youth Garden Symposium, The Vitality of Gardens: Energizing the Learning Environment. Several CSGN partners will be presenting at this conference.
Registration opens April 1st.
For more information, or to be added to the mailing list, click here or call 703.768.5700 x137. |
 OC Chapter Page
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I know that if odour were visible, as colour is, I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds. ~Robert Bridges, "Testament of Beauty"
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