Children's Garden

The Big Sur Arts Initiative began the Children’s Garden at the Captain Cooper School of Big Sur in 1998. First under the direction of Merrie Potter, the Children’s Garden evolved into a living classroom - an educational program providing weekly in-school gardening classes (not to mention healthy food!) for kids in grades K-5. Accomplishments and activities over the past nine years have included:

• cooking presentations with local chefs
• an educational newsletter
• the reclamation of a 1 mile long nature trail adjacent to the garden
• community workday
• the coordination of over 100 high school seniors to replant hillsides and pathways with native plants
• building a new shade house for extended outdoor work
• the implementation of a recycling program including a compost bin and a wormery, diminishing school lunch trash by 50% while teaching principles of ecology
• a solar pond and a sensory garden

The Children's Garden is currently co-directed by Lauren Gamblin and Jamie Self who lead children in weekly explorations of creativity and ecology.

Volunteer With Us! This valuable local resource needs regular community support to thrive. Call 831-667-1530 or join our Arts Corps volunteer e-mail list to find out about upcoming community work days.