Life Lab

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to our Garden Volunteer Day last Saturday! 🌱

We had such a great time working together in the garden, and your help made a big impact. Thanks to you, the garden is getting prepped and ready for summer camp, where lots of kids will be digging, learning, and exploring in the months ahead.

We really appreciate you showing up, getting a little dirty, and helping care for this space with us!

Join us this Saturday! Sign up at www.lifelab.org/volunteer

We had an un-beet-able🫜 time at leading an Culinary Garden & Teaching Kitchen training with an incredible group of educators!

Thank you for making this day possible. 🌱✨

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Life Lab’s ED Whitney led a workshop for a visiting delegation of eight specialists from Japan’s National Institution for Youth Education (NIYE) 🌱🇯🇵

The group of facility directors and education leaders from youth centers across Japan came to learn how Life Lab connects garden-based learning with science standards like NGSS as they work to strengthen their own education programs.

We love sharing the power of school gardens with educators from around the world! 🌎🌿

Day 3 Growing School Gardens highlights 🌱

1️⃣ Building the school garden movement, one slide at a time!
2️⃣ Rolling up our sleeves and building garden beds during a workshop
3️⃣ Dani leading activities and sharing tips during the Shaw Montessori field trip
4️⃣ Field trip fun at Garfield School
5️⃣ Ben the dog keeping everyone company (especially those missing pets at home!)

🌱✨ Highlights from Day 2 of the Growing School Garden Summit ✨🌱

1️⃣ Cultivating a Strong Garden Culture panel featuring Jackie Medina, Regi Jones, James Lang, Peter Davis, Jennifer Daspin, Scott Morrison, and Grace Rasmussen

2️⃣ Whitney & Honi Alexander sharing their passion and vision for growing impact through school gardens.

3️⃣ Inspiring keynote from .radha

4️⃣ Stephanie sharing her heartfelt experience at the Summit and the transformative power of garden education.

5️⃣ Delicious bites with because great conversations are even better with amazing food! 🥗✨

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🌱 Day 1 highlights from the Growing School Gardens Summit 🌱

1. Youth mariachi band opening the Summit
2. “What’s one wish for your school garden?”
3-4. Leilani sharing the horno + calendar on a field trip
5. Whitney taking selfies with Keynote speaker .radha and all-star school garden champion Wanda Stewart!
6. Regi connecting with educators
7. Running into School Garden Institute alumni
8. Learning about aquaponics + worm bins at a school site

So much joy, learning, and connection in just one day. More to come.