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The Garden Project
Are you ready to get your hands dirty and
learn what it takes to develop and sustain a bountiful urban organic garden?
If so, the Garden Project is the community for you!
The Garden Project community offers a rare opportunity for students to engage
in community design and gardening through the active cultivation of the university’s
1⁄4 acre organic garden nestled in the heart of campus.
The Garden Project is an innovative living-learning community for first-year
students of any major– no previous gardening experience necessary. Established
in response to student interest in how to cope with rapidly changing and interconnected
global conditions, the Garden Project creates an opportunity for students to
form a tight-knit community to learn about climate change, water rights, food
security, and social and economic justice as they relate to food production.
The study of community supported agriculture, through historical research, analysis
of organic garden strategies, hands on experiments, and field trips will assist
students as they take the lead in the designing, cultivating, managing and harvesting
USF’s community organic garden.
Innovative Curriculum
Upon successful completion of the year, Garden Project students fulfill these
University requirements:
• Social Science (Area E)
• Service-Learning
• 8 units elective credits
Garden Project students participate in these events:
• Weekly community garden meetings
• Regional field trips and overnights
• 100-mile radius potlucks
• Facilitation of University Wide Garden Forums
Faculty Team
- Seth Wachtel, Architecture and Community Design
- Melinda Stone, Media Studies
Application Information
and Guidelines
The application process has closed or Fall 2008. We will begin accepting applications for March 2009.
If you have questions or need assistance, please
contact the Office of Living-Learning Communities.
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Office of Living-Learning Communities |
University Center
5th Floor
2130 Fulton Street
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080
Contact Information:
tel: (415) 422-5541
fax: (415) 442-5671
email: living-learning@usfca.edu
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