We are excited to announce a new week-long gardening teacher training program with Willow Summer and Ronni Sands! The course will be held June 22-26, 2026.
Growing Sustainable Children: Gardening Teacher Training
Summerfield Waldorf School and Farm
with Willow Summer and Ronni Sands | June 22-26, 2026 | 9am-4pm
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 the outdoor kitchen for personal cooking. 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 coauthors of Growing Sustainable Children: A Garden Teacher’s Guide.
Cost: $450
Marin Waldorf School: 755 Idylberry Road, San Rafael, CA 94903
Three Springs Community Farm: 15300 Bodega Hwy, Bodega, CA 94922
