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Life Lab cultivates children's love of learning, healthy food, and nature through garden-based education.

Type:

Agroecology

Categories:

Consulting Services

Keywords:

• Santa Cruz, 
• Education, 
• Schools, 
• Schooling, 
• Garden, 
• California, 
• Consulting

General info

Our workshops and award-winning publications are the go-to resource for educators and families interested in engaging young people in gardens. At the Life Lab Garden Classroom educational center in Santa Cruz and the Blooming Classroom garden in Watsonville, we promote experiential learning for people of all ages through field trips,  children's camps, and teacher workshops.

School Garden Consulting

Since 1979 Life Lab has been providing insight and resources to educators on starting or enhancing garden-based learning programs. In addition to our educator workshops, Life Lab can provide:

• Consultations – Facilitated, small-group meetings on year-round curricular planning; school garden design; statewide and national movement building; and more
• A customized, multi-day or week-long institute
• A custom, guided tour of thriving, long-standing school gardens in the area
• A custom, guided tour of the Life Lab Garden Classroom and UCSC Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
• Training for other trainers to support school gardens in their region

Our consultation rate is $100 per hour plus $50/hour for travel time and reimbursement for travel costs.

Phone, Skype, or Google Hangout consultations are also available for $100 per hour. 

 

 

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