El Colegio Charter School

The goal of this garden is two-fold: for students to take the lead at all levels of production, including design, maintenance, and harvesting, as a means of connecting food cultivation with learning, healthy living, and leadership. Secondly, many members of our community have immigrated and wish to preserve traditions of land cultivation as well as maintain connection with our youth. The garden is a space for young people and the community to engage in a process of co-learning and cultural retention.

Our garden is part of a larger development project called