Join Willow Summer and Ronni Sands June 22-25 for Growing Sustainable Children , a Gardening Teacher Training.
Gardening Teacher Training
June 22-26 | 9am-4pm
Growing Sustainable Children
Gather with other educators to explore K-12 garden, farm, and nature-based education. Curriculum and hands-on skill building will be woven throughout the week. Participants will create their own personalized grade-by-grade curriculum, accompanying manual activities for students, and site plans to help develop their school garden. The course will take place at both the Marin Waldorf School garden (Monday and Friday) as well as Three Springs Community Farm in West Sonoma County (Tuesday-Thursday).
Camping accommodations are available at Three Springs Community Farm, no additional charge, along with use of outdoor kitchen for personal cooking and daily childcare is available. Please bring your own lunch, snack, hat, water bottle, gloves, and work boots.
Willow Summer is the founder of City Slicker Farms and The Berkeley Basket as well as the coauthor of The Essential Urban Farmer. She completed her Waldorf teacher training in 2011 and currently runs Three Springs Community Farm, a biodynamic CSA and educational farm, with her husband.
Ronni Sands was the garden teacher at Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm for 32 years and taught herbal studies, basket weaving, cooking, landscape watercolor painting, and environmental studies. She is now teaching at Three Springs Community Farm. Ronni and Willow are the co-authors of Growing Sustainable Children: A Garden Teacher’s Guide.
Cost: $450
