Meet the Demonstration Gardens
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The document discusses the mission and methods of Demonstration Gardens, a rooftop garden founded in 1985 in San Francisco that uses permaculture, public participation, citizen science, expressive arts, and service learning to cultivate community through environmental education. The gardens engage over 125 participants weekly of all ages and abilities through intergenerational programming, care of legacy gardens, and partnerships with various organizations.
Meet the Demonstration Gardens
- 2. Demonstration Gardens: Mission Cultivating community through environmental education.
- 3. Demonstration Gardens: Evolution Rooftop founded ~1985 333 Golden Gate JAN 2009 Summer 2014
- 4. Demonstration Gardens: Methods Permaculture Public Participation Citizen Science Expressive Arts Service Learning
- 10. Demonstration Gardens: Results Care of legacy garden 125 participants weekly All ages & abilities Intergenerational service 5 years’ community-based programming Quiet places in the City
- 12. Cultivating community through environmental education KinderGardeners & Curiosity Club release butterflies, 2014
- 13. Partnerships Green Tenderloin Coalition - Compass Family Services - St Francis Living Room Friends of Boeddeker Park - Trust for Public Land - SF Recreation & Parks - YMCA - SF Union of Urban Agriculture - Glide - Faithful Fools -
- 14. Bloom where you are planted Kasey Asberry kasberry@humanorigins.org August 2014
Editor's Notes
- #2: Demonstration Gardens, who we serve, what we do.
- #3: Mission: Promote environmental literacy for people of all ages and abilities
- #4: History: Legacy garden from 150 yr old community institution, Shih Yu-Lang Central YMCA, one of the first rooftop gardens in SF ~30 yrs old
- #5: Methods: intergenerational experiential learning, cognitive apprenticeship (John Sealy Brown)
- #6: Methods: Permaculture : urban ecology, water conservation, sheet mulching on asphalt. Building from heritage, innovating for future.
- #7: Methods: People of all ages, backgrounds and abilities envision environmental education
- #8: Methods: People of all ages, backgrounds and abilities envision environmental education
- #9: Methods: Expressive Arts connect people exploring ideas in the natural world. Poetry, film, puppetry, performances by visiting artists.
- #10: Methods: Environmental service learning includes working with professional mentors to learn about climate and community organizing.
- #11: Results:
- #12: Community of people support plant community: Working & playing together to learn from each other.
- #13: Goals: Strengthen the Tenderloin community through environmental literacy and public participation. Deeper engagement with formal education through expanded service learning for all ages and integration with Common Core standards for K-12 students & families.
- #14: Partnerships: Working together for healthy lives for Tenderloin residents.
- #15: Thank you for your interest in the Demonstration Gardens. http://demonstration-gardens.org