Lettuce in the learning garden

Learning Garden

Transforming lives through gardening

Ellie, a student worker, cleaning produce in the learning garden to donate to the food pantry

Welcome! Established in 2006, Lane's Learning Garden is a place to grow healthy, sustainable food for our campus community while providing learning, service, and leadership opportunities. The Learning Garden is an interdisciplinary educational model that offers students the opportunity to work with others outside the classroom and have fun.

We're an inclusive space that welcomes people of all gardening experience levels. To volunteer or coordinate a tour, reach out to Andrea Mull, our Learning Garden Coordinator, at learninggarden@lanecc.edu

Are you a current LCC student looking for a gardening club? Learn more on our Clubs & Organizations page.

 

a map of campus with the learning garden circled

Come Find Us!

The garden is located in the southwest corner of campus. There is a flat gravel road off of Parking Lot D and a steeper path off Lot K that lead into the garden.

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About the Garden

two women smiling at a Learning Garden table selling summer produce like cherry tomatoes and cucumbers
Our mini farmers markets offer our summer produce at reasonable prices

Organic vegetables and fruit grow year-round in the garden. The produce has been used in the the Culinary and Baking Programs (including on-campus restaurant, the Renaissance Room). Much of the produce is donated to the Titan Pantry & Closet, and volunteers enjoy an occasional harvest as well.

The Learning Garden offers students leadership experience. It is a great way to be actively involved in implementing sustainability measures on campus. Student volunteers may qualify for work study, internships, or service learning credit from specific faculty who support the garden with their curriculum.

The space offers opportunities to explore creative garden design, observe and cultivate plant communities, and learn basic organic agriculture and gardening principles. LCC instructors use the garden to augment classroom learning. 

The Learning Garden is funded through student fees. Members are a diverse, energetic group dedicated to stewarding our environment, honoring the natural world that sustains us, and providing produce for great meals! If you would like to get involved and help contribute to Lane's campus sustainability, please consider volunteering in the garden, or participate in one of our many other events. 

To get on our email list, receive information about our work parties and workshops, or for more information, please contact the Learning Garden at learninggarden@lanecc.edu.

Resources

Check out what these local organizations are doing and how you can be involved in gardening and conservation projects here in Eugene.

School and community gardens and gardeners

Local food and food policy

Permaculture

Trees and native plants

Wildlife

Photos from the Learning Garden

a student worked broadforks the soil in the learning garden on a sunny day

Broadforking the soil

a pink zinnia, thistles, and other flowers in the sunshine

Pollinator-attracting flowers

ripe yellow pole beans hanging from the vine

Golden Gate pole beans

students chopping compost in the learning garden with hearty amaranth growing in the background

Chopping compost

ripe yellow plums crowded on a branch

Shiro Plums

History of the Learning Garden

We started in 2006 as a student-led initiative to provide a learning space for students outside the formal classroom setting, to learn gardening, provide fresh air and refuge from college stress. It's also a base of biodiversity, where we grow native plants, bee-friendly pollinators, an orchard, and traditional vegetables.