SCHOOLYARD HABITATs - Design, plant, engage!
Learn the fundamentals of native pollinator-friendly habitats and how to engage students to become pollinator, climate, and ecosystem stewards.
As part of SGN's Schoolyard Habitat Program, this workshop will involve presentations, practical demonstrations, participatory group activities, and an opportunity for schools and teachers to connect with community partners and curriculum specialists. Join us if you already have a Schoolyard Habitat at your school, or if you are thinking about creating one!
Workshop participants will receive pollinator-friendly native plants (including milkweed!) and habitat-inspired curriculum to use in their schools.
Workshop participants will receive pollinator-friendly native plants (including milkweed!) and habitat-inspired curriculum to use in their schools.
Details:
When: November 10, 9am-3pm
Where: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental)
Fee: $35/individual or $25/group participant (we encourage you to participate as school teams!) $25/early registration discount if you register before October 13th
A fresh garden-inspired lunch will be provided!
Please park in the OAEC Nursery parking lot (the second driveway as you go up Coleman Valley Rd., with an automatic gate that will open as you pull up to it). After you park, you can follow the paved path down the hill to the garden.
When: November 10, 9am-3pm
Where: Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (15290 Coleman Valley Rd, Occidental)
Fee: $35/individual or $25/group participant (we encourage you to participate as school teams!) $25/early registration discount if you register before October 13th
A fresh garden-inspired lunch will be provided!
Please park in the OAEC Nursery parking lot (the second driveway as you go up Coleman Valley Rd., with an automatic gate that will open as you pull up to it). After you park, you can follow the paved path down the hill to the garden.
workshop agenda:
~Mingling & Coffee~
9am: Welcome by School Garden Network
9-9:30am: Overview of Schoolyard Habitat Program, Benefits & How to Get Involved
9:30-10:30am: Tips for Designing Native Habitat Gardens & Choosing Your Plants
11:15am-12:15pm: Water-wise Gardening with Natives
12:15-1:15pm: Fresh garden lunch in the OAEC Mother Garden
1:15-3pm: Engaging Students in Schoolyard Habitats
9am: Welcome by School Garden Network
9-9:30am: Overview of Schoolyard Habitat Program, Benefits & How to Get Involved
9:30-10:30am: Tips for Designing Native Habitat Gardens & Choosing Your Plants
- We will use our senses to discover a few common native plants that you can use in your habitat gardens
- Planting demonstration
11:15am-12:15pm: Water-wise Gardening with Natives
12:15-1:15pm: Fresh garden lunch in the OAEC Mother Garden
1:15-3pm: Engaging Students in Schoolyard Habitats
- Presentation on how to engage students in native habitats
- Hands-on native plant project
- CNPS to share curriculum and resources
Presenters:
The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) seeks to protect and educate the public about California native plants and the habitats they call home. Join members of the CNPS Horticulture team and the CNPS Education team as they bring their passion and excitement for native plants to you! This workshop will explore topics around designing native habitat, site preparation and planting, and student engagement in habitat garden spaces.
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Jen Aguilar
Education Program Coordinator, California Native Plant Society Jen Aguilar is the Education Program Coordinator for CNPS. She brings years of experience working in education from various institutions like the Natural History Museum of LA County, the LA Zoo, and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Her passion for education has only grown stronger over the years, and she hopes to continue inspiring people to be curious and create lasting connections with the natural world. Outside of work, Jen enjoys crafting, traveling, and reading good books. |
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Ann-Marie Benz
Horticulture Programs Manager, California Native Plant Society Ann-Marie is the Horticulture Outreach Manager for CNPS, where she gets to spend her days supporting native plant communities and their people. She has spent a decade and a half serving landscapes and watersheds with nonprofits in California and Arizona. She holds a deep passion for plants and landscapes, having served as the Executive Director of ReScape California (formerly Bay-Friendly Landscaping and Gardening Coalition), a nonprofit educating the large-scale landscape industry throughout Northern California on planning, constructing, and maintaining sustainable landscape. Prior to that she was with Prescott Creeks doing watershed planning and riparian restoration in Northern Arizona. Ann-Marie studied Watershed Management and Sustainable Community Development at Prescott College. Much of this work was driven by a childhood without a watershed, but with a diversity of plant and wildlife. One of her fondest wishes is to a redwood, or as much like one as possible. |
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Maya Argaman
Horticulture Program Senior Coordinator, California Native Plant Society Maya graduated from UC Davis with a degree in Environmental Science and Management, where she fell in love with native plants in both the natural and built environment. Before CNPS, she was a field technician for both the Bureau of Land Management in New Mexico and the Forest Service in the Sierras. She most recently worked as a landscape designer in the Bay Area. In her free time she loves to surf, go on bike rides, and cook with friends. |
Daily Acts connects people and builds community through education, action, and policy change that address the climate crisis to create a livable future for all.
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Connor DeVane
Climate Resilience Programs Coordinator, Daily Acts Connor grew up in the suburbs of various American megacities, where the majority of his time out of doors was spent on turf playing fields. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a BA in English, Connor fell in love with the native ecosystems of the western US while hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. That love led him to the Continental Divide Trail, hiking this time from Canada to Mexico. During this journey through the Rocky Mountains, he filmed the independent documentary "Hike the Divide: A Conversation about Climate Action on the Continental Divide Trail." Connor is a certified Permaculture Designer and a volunteer climate justice organizer; he draws on these experiences and skill sets to help build connected, equitable and climate resilient communities with Daily Acts. |
This workshop is hosted in partnership with these organizations
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QUESTIONS? Contact [email protected]