Current Projects Winter 2022

Working with Young People:

Academic Day

  • Birney Elementary Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Program: Teach academic garden classes to all grades weekly – 17 hours/week plus garden care and special classroom support
  • McKinley Elementary Octopus Garden: Teach academic garden classes to TK-3rd grade weekly with monthly workshops for 4th/5th grades – approximately 15 hours/week
  • Pacific Beach Elementary Garden: Provide weekly garden enrichment with all students every other month (four classrooms each Wednesday) 4 hours/week

Garden Clubs: After school enrichment to complete important garden work, enjoy the garden space and have time to do crafty projects.

  • Birney Elementary – 2 hrs per week for the duration of the semester
  • Roosevelt Roots Garden Club 1.5 hours a week for a fall and spring session

Working with Adults who work with children
(these activities are reduced due to COVID restrictions)

Mentor developing garden programs

Train adults to work with School Garden Programs

Work with childcare and/or school/district to develop an integrated garden program

  • D3 is working with the Logan Heights Community Development Corporation to develop their existing school garden into a flourishing component of the preschool. Work includes site assessment, committee coordination, materials research, plant selection, and guiding a volunteer effort to expand and improve the garden and enhance its use by the preschool for lunches, snacks, and hands-on garden education.

Supporting Families to feel more confident in gardens

Support Staff Wellness

In Development:

  • Soil microbiology and climate science for upper grade and beyond

Current Projects

Current Projects-Spring 2020

Working with Young People:

Academic Day

  • Birney Elementary Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Program: Teach academic garden classes to all grades weekly – 17 hours/week plus garden care and special classroom support
  • McKinley Elementary Octopus Garden: Teach academic garden to K-3 weekly with monthly touches to 4th/5th – 15 hours/week
  • Jefferson Elementary Garden Program: Teach academic garden to K-5 14 hours/weekly
  • Pacific Beach Elementary Garden: See all students every other month (four classrooms each Wednesday) 4 hours/week

Garden Clubs: After school enrichment to complete important garden work, enjoy the garden space and have time to do crafty projects.

  • Birney Elementary – 2 hrs per week in 8 wk sessions
  • Jefferson Elementary – 1 hr in 6-8 week sessions
  • McKinley Elementary -2 hrs per week in 8 week sessions

Working with Adults who work with children:

Mentor developing garden programs

Train adults to work with School Garden Programs

  • Creating and Sustaining Your School Garden
  • Butterfly Gardens
  • Recycled Art
  • How to run a Garden Camp

(*most trainings currently in collaboration with Children’s Initiative)

Work with a school/district to develop an integrated garden program

  • Operation Live and Thrive planning, collaborating, training and mentoring
  • Sweetwater Union HS District

Supporting Families to feel more confident in gardens

  • Family Workshop on Composting
  • Family Friday Vegetable Stand and Tastings (monthly)

Support Staff Wellness

  • “Salad Wednesdays” – garden salads for teachers
  • Participate in wellness activities, promoting locally grown fruits and vegetables

In Development:

  • Print curriculum from academic, club and camp program
  • Egg in the Classroom ™ – program to educate about chickens through classroom hatching an egg and doing chicken education