Odyssey Orchards

Odyssey Orchards is 1 acre edible learning garden and fruit orchard, where students learn how to care for the earth, grow healthy food, develop hands-on skills, and integrate their learning in a whole-systems context. Odyssey Orchards also functions as an urban-agriculture demonstration site, where members of the larger community can participate in weekend workshops that teach skills and methods in Permaculture design and sustainable living. Located on the campus of Odyssey Charter School, Odyssey Orchards serves a diverse group of students in grades K-8 who learn best by doing. Learn more about our program by visiting our website. 

Using the garden as our classroom, we develop and nurture each student's innate capacity for holistic systems-thinking and creative problem solving. Our program integrates the following curricular approaches into fully engaged learning experiences.

ECOLOGICAL: Students learn through, with and from nature.

HANDS-ON: Students learn by doing and engaging the senses.

INTERDISCIPLINARY: Students learn within and across disciplines.

EXPLORATORY: Students learn by playing and exploring.