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🌱The UBC Orchard Garden Workshop Series: Our team has designed an 8-part workshop series, running every month on a Saturday from October to June, from 10:00 am to 2:00pm. The workshops are open to all but specifically designed to complement students who will be participating in 3-week enhanced practicum experiences in schools with gardens. Workshops are led by The Orchard Garden Team.
Workshop Series Objectives: By the end of the workshop series, participants will have become familiar with the space of a garden as a rich environment for teaching and learning across the curriculum. Ecological and social justice considerations will frame all aspects of the workshop series, with a particular focus on the place of the teacher (personal, cultural, and geographic positioning and identities) in garden-based education. Extensive engagement with gardening practices, food preparation activities (including eating!), and critical dialogue will be the pedagogical modes of exploration throughout the workshop series.
Contact us  https://theorchardgarden.blogspot.com/p/field-program.html

🌱The Intergenerational Landed Learning Project will be offering a series of workshops at the UBC Farm this fall.  The first one is Rooted in Place. This workshop aims to prepare teachers to effectively start and/or maintain outdoor school food gardens as year-round learning grounds. Register at: http://ubcfarm.ubc.ca/events/rooted-in-place-school-garden-basics/