Learn practical tips to help you grow a bounty of vegetables in your school garden.
Cabbage, carrots, and cucumbers—oh my! Discover the possibilities for school gardening with vegetables in this workshop. Andrew Lepore, the Career Technical Education agriculture teacher at North Hollywood High School, discusses when to plant vegetables and how students can get involved in the planting and harvesting process.
Key Details
This is a full-day workshop.
This program is for educators with container and in-ground gardens and is suitable for educators of all gardening backgrounds and grades.
Admission to The Huntington is included in the program cost.
Leave with a seed box classroom kit and vegetable garden book to take back to school.
This workshop aligns with our Plant Needs resource and California State Standards.
We recommend wearing comfortable shoes. A portion of the workshop involves standing and walking on wood and concrete paths.
Program Schedule
10 a.m. | Workshop begins 10:30 a.m. | Discussion: School gardening with vegetables Noon | Lunch with peers 12:30 p.m. | Exploration in Kitchen Garden 2 p.m. | Hands-on activity: Make your own seed box
For questions about this program or accessibility needs, please email learning coordinator Kristin Brisbois at kbrisbois@huntington.org.
Aligning California State Standards
K-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive.
4-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.
5-LS1-1 From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes Support an argument that plants get the materials they need from growth chiefly from air and water.
HS-LS2-2 Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics Use mathematical representations to support and revise explanations based on evidence about factors affecting biodiversity and populations in ecosystems of different scales.
3.G.1. Students name ways that they can contribute to or participate in groups and communities and how they can be helpful, fair, compassionate, and respectful to those in other groups or communities.
3.G.2. Students explore the importance and power of community participation and service. Students collaborate with others to identify ways to contribute productively to their learning community.
3.G.3. Students accurately recognize inequities and community needs and collaborate with adults and peers to take action on real world issues in support of a more inclusive, caring, healthy, and just community.
4.B.1. Students practice ways to be a leader and contribute to groups in their learning context.
4.B.2. Students understand that leadership skills can be learned and explore being leaders in ways that are important to them.
4.B.3. Students explore different types of leadership and recognize that different leadership capacities, skills, and styles are needed in varied contexts. Students increasingly take on leadership roles and reflect on and identify areas of improvement.
4.B.4. Students seek out leadership opportunities that are meaningful to them. Students recognize group dynamics, including power structures. Students participate in distributive leadership processes that leverage their cultural identity and lived experience.
4.E.1. Students identify and talk through a problem and generate solutions with others.
4.E.2. Students use constructive strategies to communicate their perspective and listen openly to the perspectives of others to solve a problem.
4.E.3. Students work with peers and adults to come up with mutually acceptable solutions that address underlying concerns on both sides.
4.E.4. Students recognize the value of collaborative problem solving and actively engaging in empathic listening, respectfully communicating, and honoring equity of voice in order to find solutions and achieve a common goal.
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Andrew Lepore (second from left) and participants at an Educator Saturday Workshop.
| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
In-Person Class Ticketing Policies
Advance registration is required. Tickets are not sold at the door for this event.
To join the waitlist for this event, please email teachers@huntington.org. A space is not guaranteed, but you will be contacted if a space becomes available.
To receive a refund, you must cancel at least 5 days prior to the event. Cancellations made within 5 days of the event will not be refunded.
A certificate of attendance can be provided upon request.
