School Learning Garden Network
School Learning Garden Network
The School Learning Garden Network is a collaboration with Seattle Public Schools Volunteer Enhancement Projects, Department of Liberatory Education, Tilth Alliance, IslandWood, Y-WE and Nurturing Roots.
SLGN hosts quarterly events to engage with school garden coordinators, volunteers, and educators towards advancing outdoor greenspace opportunities for all students.
Upcoming Events
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2025 Farwell to Winter Workshop
Saturday, March 1, 2025 9-3PM @ Jane Addams Middle School Cafeteria
Please join us for SLGN’s ‘Farewell to Winter Workshop on March 1st, from 9:30AM-3:00PM in the Jane Addams middle school cafeteria. When you attend, you can look forward to morning refreshments, time spent in learning with Nathan Hale (NH) Horticulture teacher Matt Davis, a tour though the well-established NH Urban Farm and greenhouse. The opportunity to self-tour the Jane Addams middle school garden, visit partner orgs and network with like minded folks. Lunch is included in your day. Leika Suzumura from Nourishian for Life will share their journey in developing programming that supports youth with life and job skills to nourish themselves though food and cooking. Afternoon workshops include Sensory Activation, Strawberry Native American Storytelling, Localizing Science in the classroom and Wellness spaces for classrooms. We are deeply thankful to our key collaborators, including Meisha Wangerin of Y-WE, Sharon Siehl of Tilth Alliance, Celina Steiger of IslandWood, Nyema Clark of Nurturing Roots, Stacia Arnoux and Anita Koyier-Mwamba of SPS. RSVP to attend the workshop.
Save These Dates for Learning in 2024/25
- November 4, 2024 Fall Workshop-Rebuilding a School Garden @ Franklin H.S.
- March 1, 2025 Farewell to Winter Workshop @ Jane Addams M.S.
- May 13, 2025 Spring Workshop @ TBD
Presentation Archive
2022
- SLGN Spring 2023 Workshop Garden Educator Co-Designed Lessons- lesson templates are coming soon!
- View our first Virtual Garden Tour at Jane Addams Middle School on YouTube.
- View the recorded presentation from our Quarterly Meeting discussing Culturally Responsive- Sustaining Education. The link to the Jamboard and SGSO video we watched can be found in the video description.
2021
- “Life Lessons Through Plants: In Pursuit of a Career in Gardens” Riz Reyes, Founder and Director of RHR Horticulture
- Rain Wise Guided Site Survey at Emerson Elementary Sonja Sivesind, Erin Irby, Seattle Public Utilities/ Rain Wise
- Trees for Neighborhoods Guided Site Survey at Thurgood Marshall Elementary Lou Stubecki, Seattle Public Utilities/ Trees for Seattle Program Manager
2020
- Root Bound: Growing a Revolution, Nyema Clark, Founder and Director of Nurturing Roots
- Stories from the Garden, Nicole Parish, Foxberry Garden Educator, Patty Lavelle, Jane Addams Garden Educator
- Learning in Places, Following the Rhizome: Designing Equitable Models of Field-Based Science, Dr. Priya Pugh, UW Bothell, Jordan Sherry-Wagner M.Ed., UW Bothell
- Dr. Flowers; Or, How to Build Plant-Conscious Relations with Nat Mengist, M. Ed., UW Bothell
- Education & Leadership Panel Discussion: School Garden and Farm Education Resiliency in the face of COVID and Systemic Racism, Cary Peterson, Farm Manager, South Whidbey School Farms, Sharon Siehl Program Director, Tilth Alliance, Laura Plaut Executive Director, Common Threads Farm
- What is a Rain Garden, and is a Rain Garden or Cistern Feasible for my School Site? Bill Malatinsky, Seattle Public Utilities/ Rain Wise, Celina Steiger, IslandWood
- Protecting Our Salmon: Understanding Schoolyard Green Infrastructure Kas Kinkead, Osborn Consulting
- Creating a Pollinator Paradise Kimberly Leeper, Working with Nature