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2012 Spring | Arts & Humanities, Education & Outreach

Emergent Learning in the Garden

Student(s):

Sarah May

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Maren Neldam

Partner(s):

  • Seattle Tilth

Faculty advisor(s):

Eugene Edgar, Department of Education, University of Washington

During my internship with Seattle Tilth, I assisted in guiding garden-related lessons and activities at South Shore School and the Rainier Beach Learning Garden (RBLG). I was also responsible for updating and reformatting the existing garden curriculum in a way that it can be used as a guiding resource for other programs and educators to reference. I was interested in studying the ways garden-based education supports deeper learning and the numerous lasting benefits garden education provides for youth.