ACTIVITIES
Youth Garden
ALL AGES
Mid-May through October
Saturday Mornings, 10-11:30am
The Gifford Park Youth Garden (GPYG), started in 2004, is a free 16-week program led by volunteers and parents teaching youth how to garden on individual raised garden beds located in the Gifford Park Community Garden at 35th & Cass Street. We have chickens (and occasionally goats) on site for kids to learn animal care. GPYG is a safe space where youth can be creative with art and music, explore our natural environment, and have fun while working together, promoting good health while getting their hands dirty.
The organization of the Youth Garden program starts February/March when parents, youth, and volunteers meet to plan the program and schedule activities for each Saturday morning from May through August. We meet regularly before the start of the season to fine tune the program and schedule. Every Saturday morning from May to August volunteers and youth participants help tend youth plots and set up what is needed for specific programming for that day. The program includes a final potluck where everyone (youth, parents, volunteers) is invited to prepare and share a meal made including vegetables grown in the garden.
| May 9 | Garden Season Opening Event |
| May 16 | Get to Know Your Garden (pick & prep a plot) |
| May 23 | Plant Your Plot/Paint Your Stake |
| May 30 | Plant Your Plot/Paint Your Stake |
| June 6 | Theater at the Garden |
| June 13 | Garden Explorers |
| June 20 | Flora Mandalas |
| June 27 | Stories at the Garden |
| July 11 | Making Music |
| July 18 | Superhero Training |
| July 25 | Quick Pickles from Our Garden Bounty |
| Aug 1 | Natural Dyes |
| Aug 8 | Cooking Matters |
| Aug 15 | Sun Prints |
| Aug 22 | Garden Harvest Party! |
for more information, contact
Monica Lehn, 402-660-9046/mmlehn@gmail.com
or
Chris Foster, 402-290-8187/foster3413@cox.net