Land to Learn cultivates connection to food, land, and community by engaging youth in hands-on, garden-based education that nourishes health, ecological awareness, and collective well-being.
Land to Learn?s work is rooted in gardening, food, community, health, and ecology. Our curriculum cultivates a deepened awareness of self, the world and its inhabitants, and the interconnectedness of all beings. Experiential, place-based, democratic, and transformative philosophies and practices inform our work.
We strive to center social justice and environmental consciousness in the learning communities we co-create with students and participants.
Our Programs:
SproutEd brings garden-based education to over 3,000 K-3 students in 11 public elementary schools throughout the Hudson Valley.
RadicleRoots for Teens employs and trains youth (age 14 - 19) to work throughout the summer, maintaining school gardens and leading activities for younger kids.
ToolShed offers training and consulting services to educators and schools looking to start or develop a garden-based education program.