Summer Program

(June 18-August 18)

Registration is now open!  Please follow the instructions on the Registration Form.

Our Summer Program for elementary, middle, and high school youth combines workshops, hands-on garden work, and harvest days for a truly dynamic experience!  Each summer program group will meet twice per week for three hours.  This summer we are offering both afternoon (Group 1) and morning (Group 2) options.  Group 1 will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-4pm and Group 2 will met on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am-12pm.  Please see the calendar for details.

Workshops will be lead by Growing Food and Sustainability program leaders and participants (youth 18-30), high school interns, and community members.  Workshops will be very hands-on in nature and will often relate to seasonal garden work, but topics may also include nutrition, cooking from garden produce, water conservation, composting, ceramic plate making, and food preservation.

Garden Work and Harvest Days Summer Program students will learn gardening skills such as bed construction, seed starting in the greenhouse, composting, transplanting, maintaining the garden, harvesting, washing, and distributing produce.  Participating students will have the opportunity to bring fresh produce home to their families on a regular basis.

Farmers’ Market Stand and Kids Activity Table Interested students are encouraged to help design fun activities to engage kids at the farmers’ market with local food and other sustainability topics.

Bike Delivery of Produce to M.O.M.  Every week, Summer Program students will have the opportunity to join us on a group bike ride to deliver a portion of the produce that we grow to the Middleton Outreach Ministry food pantry.  The bike ride is almost entirely on a paved, off-road trail.

Lunch in the Garden  At noon on Tuesdays through Fridays, Summer Program students are welcome to join us for lunch in the garden.  We will try to provide garden-fresh snacks as often as possible, but please bring a sack lunch unless we tell you differently.

Summer Program students are also welcome during
Open Garden Hours and Community Workdays!