Service Learning
Connecting students and nature through service learning partnerships is an effective tool for restoring native ecosystems while simultaneously rebuilding relationships between students and nature and inspiring future stewards of the land.
Hands-on education builds a framework for connecting students to the land. Stewardship-based service learning provides a productive means by which to accomplish both education and restoration goals. By including students in the restoration process, we can give students the skills and relationships necessary to continue to protect ecosystems in the future. Each of us has a role in cultivating stewardship, a sense of place, a connection with nature, and hope.
For more information on our Service Learning opportunities, contact info@santafebotanicalgarden.org or call 505-471-9103.
Teen Action Program (TAP)
A service learning project of Santa Fe Preparatory School
Every Thursday afternoon for two hours, a group of TAP eighth graders will be working “in the arroyo” at the site of the NEW Botanical Garden at Museum Hill. A public opening of the Garden is planned for 2012. Working side-by-side with SFBG staff, volunteers and nearby homeowners, the students’ work as “Land Stewards” will greatly enhance the health and appearance of our future garden. This dynamic space joins the two outstanding nature preserves operated by SFBG as lovely and serene spaces to experience nature at its most interesting and beautiful.
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