- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Gardening for Groups
ORGANIZATION: Loveland Learning Garden
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Granny's Garden School turns school grounds into Schoolyard Nature Education Gardens SNEG) that include food gardens, nature trails, and many flower gardens.
Help make it possible for elementary students to learn from hands-on experience in an outdoor environment. Volunteers like you maintain the gardens and trails, so they are ready for the kids to use.
What your group will be doing depends on the time of year, but typical tasks include: weeding, putting down compost on the gardens or wood chips on the trail, harvesting, planting, cutting back plants, pruning bushes and other garden/train maintenance tasks.
We have years of experience working with small and large groups. We prefer to work with groups of 20-30 at one location. We have two locations in Loveland and two in Sharonville, and can have groups going at all four locations at the same time to accommodate larger groups. If you have a larger group and would really like to keep them together, we can accommodate up to 80 at one time at one of our Sharonville locations. Projects can take place 7 days a week from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We also have volunteer activities for children of all ages (who volunteer with a parent/guardian).
More opportunities with Loveland Learning Garden
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Loveland Learning Garden
Location:
550 Loveland-Madeira Road, Loveland, OH 45140, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to foster lifelong connections to the wonders of the natural world. We believe in the benefits of immersing kids in the outdoors from a young age and the lasting impact of positive impressions with nature. To support this, our non-profit creates and manages garden and nature based programs on school grounds for elementary students. Our garden and nature trail are used to enhance classroom study while allowing children an opportunity to experience nature, the satisfaction of growing their own food and contributing harvest to the local food pantry.
Description
Our program in Loveland, OH, serves ~1,400 1st-4th grade students and has been a local and national role model for outdoor school garden and nature programs. Working in collaboration with school administration and staff, we offer a complete package of services that include:
- Design and year-round maintenance of educational food garden and nature trail on school grounds.
- A customized, age appropriate curriculum aligned with both school and state requirements
- A schedule of outdoor learning classes provided for classroom teacher signup
- Nature educators prepared to teach interactive lessons
- A non-profit board overseeing results and building a sustainable operation with strong school and teacher partnership
- Hands-on learning enhancing student understanding of science, math, social studies, health and the natural world as they interact with their environment.
- After school enrichment programs and community events
- Donation to local food pantry and use of all food grown
- Student discovery of plant cycles, garden habitats, food production and fresh produce
- Student connection and observation of change in nature
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
550 Loveland-Madeira RoadLoveland, OH 45140
DATE POSTED
December 1, 2016
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 1