The Farm Garden

Located in the lower field, The Farm Garden was developed in 2011. This garden has grown in tandem with a federal grant that led to its funding and continued partnership from West Coast Seeds who donate new and unusual seeds to trial each year.

Students and volunteers help our Head Gardener look after this garden now as they learn more about sustainable food practices. The garden features raised beds, drip irrigations, and trellises and focuses on developing practices such as crop rotating, succession planting, companion planting, seed collecting, and cover cropping. Organic gardening practices should nurture and enhance life while promoting a diverse ecosystem.

While producing food, we learn and keep an ongoing garden journal of what we learn. Gardening is experimental learning, and this garden’s observations promote learning amongst gardeners of every level as we learn something new each season.