Kids dig our summer farm and garden camps, after school programs, field trips and service learning days.
About Our Programs
Our youth and family programs connect kids and families from all backgrounds with nature through hands-on experiences in gardens, farms and kitchens. Our educators design fun, immersive, and equitable lessons that build on children’s knowledge and show connections between food, community and our world.
For over 30 years, we’ve brought families together to grow, prepare and eat food. With us, your child will experience the seasons, harvest crops, taste plants, cook dishes, meet worms and pollinators, build compost, do field-based science, make art, and learn about living sustainably.
Our lessons are informed by Learning in Places principles, centering children’s identities and questions through field-based science. Our programs are aligned with Next Generation Science Standards while incorporating family and community expertise in our outdoor learning spaces.
Camps & After-School Programs
Tilth Alliance offers a variety of farm and garden programs throughout the year, including summer camps, after-school programs, weekend and vacation camps, and more. Programs are offered at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford and Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands in SE Seattle.
Field Trips & Service Learning
Our gardens and farm are amazing places to learn in wetlands, under the kiwi vines, farm fields, garden plots and kitchen. Bring your class for a field trip or service learning visit and leave inspired. Each program is thoughtfully designed to promote environmental stewardship and encourage food systems learning. Experiences available for pre-school through high school.
Garden Educator Workshops
Our Garden Educator Workshops are designed for classroom teachers, parents and family members, community members, informal educators, and anyone interested in using the garden as a learning environment. Everyone is encouraged to engage in these lively discussions and sessions!
Mobile Classrooms
Discover our Mobile Classrooms, bringing nature-based learning directly to Seattle schools! This fall, mobile field trips are offered as part of a generous grant to bring the garden and farm to you! Mobile field trips are limited to schools within the Seattle city limits, K-12 classrooms, one class per visit and maximum 60 minutes.
Learning in Places
Learning in Places is a collaborative network of educators, families, and community partners working to cultivate equitable, culturally thriving, socio-ecological systems learning and ethical decision-making using field-based science education in outdoor places for children and their families.
School Garden Resources
Our staff are leaders in farm and garden education networks providing resources, connections, professional development, and learning opportunities. Our aim in each of these efforts is to encourage the growth of sustainable, equitable, and vibrant school garden programs.
