Edible Campus continues in Spring Quarter, furthering the application of garden design skills while learning more details of community garden and food forest establishment and management to incorporate into ongoing edible campus project design work. This quarter focuses on the biological aspects of garden design including plant selection, rootstocks, yield estimating, habitat for pollinators and biocontrol organisms, and soil preparation for planting. Garden infrastructure learning will focus on pathway design, materials staging, trellises, fencing, gates, irrigation, tool selection and storage, composting systems, and basic greenhouses for plant propagation and season extension. Social organization and leadership aspects will focus on garden management and maintenance plans, mapping and laying out paths and planting zones, organizational structures, budgets, funding and fees, education and outreach, and operating agreements for community gardens and perennial plant food forests.
We will develop hands-on skills building for establishing and maintaining garden projects. We will also visit established community gardens and food forests to learn from their successes and challenges. We will further develop strategies to engage the campus community in the edible campus program with an eye to continuing this into the future by focusing on project planning, budgeting, and creating a timeline for each edible campus project proposal. This will involve outreach, volunteer opportunities, and developing educational workshops to share our ongoing learning and final design proposals at the end of spring quarter.
Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:
6 - Food Forest Design and Management
4 - Soils and Composting
6 - Applied Horticulture
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Academic Details
Landscape Architecture, Design, Garden Management, Horticulture, Community Leadership
$50 required lab fee