Meetup for Events A Welcome Video…
We are what we eat, and as a society this is not a happy story.
Pasadena Learning Gardens is a non-profit organization dedicated to understanding and transforming the way we produce, distribute and consume food. We educate communities to understand what “good food” is and how to grow, buy and share it; we build and support learning gardens; we educate our communities to live more sustainably; and we facilitate community transformation through collaboration with neighbors on a similar journey.
Since 2007 we have assisted in the development of multiple outdoor learning facilities in the Pasadena area including the Coral Learning Garden (our home until an unfortunate change in ownership), school gardens at John Muir HS, Aveson, and Norma Coombs in PUSD, Luther Burbank Middle School in LAUSD, and most recently in partnership with the Armory Center for the Arts we have learning gardens at The Farmory and La Casita Community Center. Along the way we have attended hundreds of meetings, influencing and being influenced by our community.
Our key initiatives revolve around:
Building and resourcing Learning Gardens
Educating our communities to produce food, eat well, and understand why
Facilitating Community Transformation – The Next Course Pasadena Initiative
Sharing our communities’ successes through Digital Storytelling
January 5, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Super video! Best wishes for your continued success in such a critically important endeavor. Here’s to more of us caring about our food, where it comes from, how to share it across economic boundaries, and how we can be part of the growing process. S. S. Harper
April 4, 2012 at 10:09 am
Dear Pasadena Learning Gardens Network,
We are the filmmakers of Back to Eden, a documentary about organic gardening. We were contacted by you a while back and have been wanting to reconnect with you! The projects you are doing, including the involvement of students, being an inspiration to local schools and your neighborhood is incredible. You guys are a living example of what we desired people to take into their hands after viewing Back to Eden, and you guys have been doing it already! We would love to feature you in our next Newsletter! Visit our site backtoedenfilm.com under the News page to see previous examples. Thank you again for your great works, please be in touch!
July 31, 2012 at 11:01 pm
Thanks for staying in touch! Just bought a house with a yard for a great garden – I may need your expertise to bring it to life!