GRO. Learning Gardens

We initiated our first learning garden project in 2008 in Cleveland, OH at our children's elementary school. We both have experience in the field of education, one as an environmental educator and the other as an elementary teacher, and in the field research in the areas of experiential and embodied education both in formal and informal educational settings. We've worked in preschools, k-12 schools, alternative schools, after-school programs, nature centers, summer camps, as well as in higher education teaching graduate courses in field-based qualitative research methods and the foundations of education. We've published our work in experiential, immersion, and embodied education in both academic and practitioner journals.

Being outside surrounded by nature, as well as gardening, is a passion for us as individuals. We also believe that being outside and working together to produce our food is what connects us together, as humans on this planet. We live in a time when personally connecting to the earth by working alongside each other is even more necessary than ever before - and there is no place better than in the garden.