K-12 Educator Saturday Workshop: Ready, Set, Grow Your School Garden
Sat., Aug. 23, 2025, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
$40 | This program is for K-12 Educators. Admission to The Huntington and lunch are included.
Educators
Ahmanson Classroom and Kitchen Garden
Unearth tips and tricks to successfully get your garden ready for the school year. Andrew Lepore, the Career Technical Education agriculture teacher at North Hollywood High School, will share his recommended garden tools, planting techniques, and water management style. This program is for educators with container and in-ground gardens and is designed for all gardening backgrounds.
Key Details
- This is a full-day workshop.
- Admission and lunch are included in the program cost.
- 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: How to get your school garden growing
Noon | Lunch with peers
12:30 p.m. | Exploration in the Kitchen Garden
1:30 p.m. | Classroom application and reflection
2 p.m. | Workshop ends
If you have any accessibility needs, please email Kristin Brisbois McNutt, Educator Programs Specialist 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.
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.
