This document describes an urban garden outreach program with the following goals: 1. Provide access to gardening programs and experiences for underserved urban audiences. 2. Use gardens as living laboratories for hands-on science and discovery for children. 3. Use gardens to provide youth employment and development opportunities. The program has a history dating back to 1988 and has expanded to include youth employment teams growing food and developing products, as well as a children's garden-in-residence program serving over 200 children annually with science-based gardening curriculum.

1. Arboretum
Urban Garden Outreach
Purpose
•Provide access to Arboretum
Programs and Experiences for
underserved urban audiences
•Use the Garden as a Living
Laboratory for children to experience
Hands-on Growing Science and
Discovery
•Use the garden as a tool for youth
employment and development.

2. Urban Garden Outreach
Program History
1988
The Children’s Garden in Residence
1996
Urban Garden Youth Employment
• CityFresh Entrepreneurs
• Common Good & Leadership
2009
Growing For Good
2009
Growing to College & Career

3. Children’s Garden in Residence
2012
• 5 Garden Sites
• Capacity to serve up to 230 children
• 7 weeks
hands on science,
in the garden,
in the city
• Revised standards based curriculum

4. Children’s Garden in Residence

6. Sites with poor, contaminated,
and/or compacted soil

7. Traditional, in ground gardens
Early Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After Planting

8. The Curriculum
• Hands-on 7 week curriculum
– Aligns with state science standards
– Includes lessons/tasting in healthy eating and nutrition
– Teaches basic horticulture
• Each child has their own garden plot to plant, nurture,
and harvest.
• Picking patches are maintained for children to
experience plants that are not in their personal plots

9. Nutrition and Healthy Eating

11. Science in the Garden

13. Horticulture:
In the Garden!

16. Celebration!!!

17. Urban Garden
Youth Employment Teams
CityFresh Entrepreneurs
CityFresh Veges
CityFresh New Product Development
Common Good & Leadership
Growing For Good

18. CityFresh Entrepreneurs
CityFresh Veges
CityFresh New Product Development

21. Common Good & Leadership
Growing For Good

32. Planting Date - July 2
This Photo - August 12

33. Growing for Good 2012
“Eat Yourself Healthy” Gardens

34. Growing to College & Career

38. Growing for Good 2013-?
Big Bag Garden 50”X12”

39. Smart Snack Pop-Up Garden
Summary of Benefits
• Employment and Youth Development for
Urban Teens in their Community
• Community Interest Project that promotes
human and natural systems health and
wellness.
• Project that engages businesses and non-
profits in urban communities with a youth
employment program.

40. 3 each at 20 sites

41. Smart Snack Pop-Up Garden
Components for Each Site
– 2 Tomato/Basil big bags
– 1 Pop-up Pollinator big bag
– Educational signage
– Links to online information: QR code to Blog,
YouTube Videos, presentation dates.
– Youth facilitated presentation/demonstration
– Non-profit/business tour and meeting for
youth to meet professionals and learn about
the organization mission, goals, career
opportunities.

42. Pop-up Pollinator Garden
Planted full with flowers this will be a Smart Snack
Buffet for Pollinators

43. Tomato/basil gardens
Brimming with basil and cherry tomatoes for fresh,
flavorful, savory, simple, smart snacking

44. Smart Snack Pop-Up Garden
Outcomes
• For Youth
– Summer jobs for 12 teens
– Opportunity for community leadership
– Build upon skills and knowledge from
previous summer work experiences.
– Opportunity to work with community non-
profits and businesses
– Opportunity to mentor with Wells Fargo
Professionals

45. Smart Snack Pop-Up Garden
Outcomes
• For Community
– Gardens will serve as living models for
growing plants in urban spaces.
– Will provide access to information about
healthy eating, simple fresh snacks, and the
vital role pollinators play in food production.
– Will beautify urban hardscape with the
installation of green and growing gardens.
– Will connect the mission and vision of host
non-profits and businesses with a community
wellness project.

47. Wells Fargo Engagement
1. Provide funding for this community
engagement project.
2. Wells Fargo professional staff meet and work
with youth
3. Wells Fargo Green Team opportunities for
Hands-on Participation: Pop-Up Garden
installation day, summer celebration day, and
post summer maintenance (adopt a garden
site), and Pop-Down Day.
4. Help identify host sites for the project

49. Questions?

50. Thank You!