Schoolyard Stewardship: Connecting Gardens, Students, and Community
Celebrate the end of the school year and learn strategies for turning your garden into a hub of learning, connection, and stewardship. This session will explore ways to engage students, families, and local partners through community garden days, picnics, and student-led showcases. Learn how collaborative events can strengthen student learning, foster environmental stewardship, and build lasting support for your garden programs. Participants will leave with practical tools, planning ideas, and inspiration to make their schoolyard a thriving space for learning and community connection.
Join the team from the Lower Columbia School Gardens and environmental educators, for this interactive session.
Register for TLO Session #6 HERE
All sessions are free to register
Up to 2 FREE STEM Clock Hours upon completion for this workshop
Each session includes presentations by topic matter experts, discussion, and 1/2 hour planning time for teachers (walk out with action items for your school)
Sign up for one session, or sign up for multiple sessions!
Taking Learning Outside 2025-26 Courses:
Discover how to turn your schoolyard into a dynamic space for curiosity, connection, and hands-on learning. Taking Learning Outside is a year-long professional learning series designed to help educators integrate outdoor experiences into everyday instruction. Each session explores practical ways to teach science, stewardship, and sustainability through topics such as birds, native plants, school gardens, and urban tree canopy.
Over the 2025-26 academic year, the Taking Learning Outside Series offers six sessions (both in-person and online) that cover a wide range of topics and grade levels. In-person sessions will happen at various locations across SW Washington.
The Taking Learning Outside Series is a partnership of the Lower Columbia Nature Network, Pacific Education Institute, Lower Columbia School Gardens, Master Gardener Program at Washington State University Extension, Washington Science Teachers Association, and ESD 112.