Student or Group Info
Name: Ali Bailey
Term: Spring 2021
Credits: 4
Title of ILC or Group Project: Co-curricular Community Gardens Project
Field Supervisor
Field supervisor: Dr. Sarah Williams
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College
Subcontractor
Name: Dr. Steve Scheuerell
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College
Program of Project Description
Throughout this in-program ILC, Co-Curricular Community Gardens Project, the student will be working alongside peers through collaborative planning and management of the campus Community Gardens to grow diverse, organic vegetables. The student will work with peers through the process of planning for a growing season, and through the implementation of those plans in actual garden plots at the Evergreen State College. In the co-curricular model that is being developed, the plots will be managed by all students involved. Student learning as well as garden produce will be assessed and utilized in academic programs. The student will meet with her peers, and Terroir/Meroir faculty, two times a week during which she will tend and manage the collaborative community garden plot, with an additional focus on basics of composting techniques, science, and maintenance.
Texts to be studied include: Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades by Steve Solomon and Marina McShane, Composting for a New Generation by Michelle Balz, and Teaming With Microbes by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis.
| Learning objective | Activity | Deliverable |
| The act of tending and managing to the collaborative community garden plot. | Bed preparation, amending, seeding, transplanting, weeding, trellising, harvesting, and all-around plant care. | Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation. |
| Learn basics of composting techniques, science, and maintenance. | Reading and researching theories and methods of composting, accruing compost materials, building compost bins, maintenance of compost. | Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation. |
Evaluation of Work
- Narrative evaluation from sponsor
- Narrative self-evaluation from student
- WordPress ePortfolio
- Final week ten presentation