School Garden Teacher Training and Support Program
OAEC’s School Garden Program announces the release of “A Handful of Seeds”, a new publication on seed saving and seed study for educators, written by Tina Poles. This guide is available now as a free pdf download.
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APPLY NOW FOR THE 2010 SEASON!
HOW TO APPLY: Please note that acceptance to the School Garden Program, unlike most workshops at OAEC, is by application only. If your school applied previously and would like to reapply, please contact us so we may retrieve your application from the waiting list and update as needed.
2010 Application (.doc)
2010 Application (pdf)
Instructions and FAQs
2010 Summer Session Dates:
For further information about the program, please contact Lisa Preschel, School Garden Program Director at 707-874-1557 ext 202 or lisa@oaec.org.
**One of OAEC's participating schools is featured in the new "The Learning Child" series on DVD! Check out the link here.**
OAEC’s School Garden Program, housed at our 80-acre site in western Sonoma County, has trained over 400 teachers, principals and core parent volunteers in 137 school garden programs in Northern California, the Greater Bay Area, and beyond.
The core of OAEC’s Program is the five-day residential summer training which offers an array of skills and techniques focused on the instructional school garden, and its integration into multiple subject areas using experiential learning. Through a combination of lecture, resource materials and hands-on sessions we teach participants organic gardening, permaculture, nutrition, garden design, team building, fundraising, art in the garden, and more.