The Origin Bank Family Garden at the Children’s Coalition is a 32-raised bed demonstration garden offering learning opportunities for children and families in our community. As a part of our Healthy Living program, the garden provides opportunities for nutrition education, garden training, and physical activity, through planting, harvesting, tasting and exploring in our outdoor learning area.
In addition to the raised bed gardens, our outdoor learning area includes a mud kitchen, sand area with a bubbling rock, sound garden, art center and climbing structure. Children can engage all of their senses and develop a taste for healthy produce, while increasing their physical and social development.
In addition to the raised bed gardens, our outdoor learning area includes a mud kitchen, sand area with a bubbling rock, sound garden, art center and climbing structure. Children can engage all of their senses and develop a taste for healthy produce, while increasing their physical and social development.
- Super Saturday The Children’s Coalition opens the gates to the Origin Bank Family Garden to host Super Saturday, featuring garden-based activities for children and adults, early childhood activities in the outdoor learning center, healthy cooking demonstrations using fresh produce grown locally, and community resources and volunteer opportunities. Follow us on Facebook to keep up with events!
- Field trips to the Family Garden are offered to early learning centers and local schools to promote the Farm to Early Childhood Education model.
- Farm to Early Childhood Education is a model that encourages good nutrition starting with our littlest eaters. The three pillars of FTECE are nutrition education, gardening, and connecting with local food and farmers. These efforts are extended to children in our early learning centers through monthly visits from our staff as well as field trips to our garden. Monthly lessons align with early learning standards and provide quality experiences for students.
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OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL AGES TO PLAY + GROWNot only does our family garden feature 32 raised-beds, we also have a sound garden, bubbling rock, mud kitchen and Children's Coalition on the Go - a space for children birth-3.
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"I love the Family Garden because it promotes healthy living by offering fresh produce and spices, human interaction with nature when families/individuals come to pick fruits/vegetables, and community involvement when volunteers from the community come to serve in the garden on Super Saturdays."
-Damon Nailer
-Damon Nailer
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