Education

The Fifth-Grade Environmental Education Programs focus on students from both public and private schools from all over Oregon. Our mission is to provide a fun, affordable science based learning experience in the glorious environment of The Oregon Garden.

Field trips for 5th graders are provided at no cost to the schools with funding coming from the Roth's Benefit-Education Foundation and its sponsors.

Students are taught a variety of environmental and biological subjects that take advantage of The Oregon Garden setting and are appropriate to the age level of the students. These "hands-on" lessons are corelated to Oregon State science standards and include subjects such as habitat investigation, animal tracking, birds, aquatic life, insects, wetland ecology, pollination, plant adaptations and food webs. Click here for more information on Environmental Education Programs.

K-12 Rediscovery Forest Education Program offers forestry field trips for over 4,000 K-12 students to explore and discover the wonders of Oregon's forests. The program is in partnership with the Oregon Forest Resources Institute and OFRI provides funding for field trips and bus reimbursments. The forestry education programs provide students an opportunity to discover the importance of Oregon's forests, see forest development and understand how forests contribute to our quality of life, click here for further details.

Chemeketa Community College in partnership with The Oregon Garden is now offering special classes of various topics at The Garden. Click here for the current Chemekateta class schedule.

SPROUT or the Sustainable Plant Research and Outreach Center's mission is to develop the use of plants and plant material for environmental sustainability purposes, through the development of new techniques, new plants, and new propagation methods. For more info on SPROUT click here.

Home School Day at the Oregon Garden. Home schoolers, ages 5-12, are invited to the Garden for a fun filled day of outdoor learning. Experience the beauty of the Garden in a full late summer bloom! Learn about your natural world and get inspired with fun science and art projects. For more information on Home School Day click here.