Instructor’s Name: Kent Miller
Students will participate in a seminar introducing the concept of Guerrilla Gardening as a means to promote social, environmental, and community change. Then students will learn current environmental, landscape, plant, and insect research for a Minnesota climate through a learning experience at the U of Minnesota agricultural campus. After that students will locate an area of ground in their community that could use a change. Students will plan, design, and prepare materials for a guerrilla gardening experience that will take place by pod later in the spring. Students will be able to serve their community by creating a change in their own space. Through collaboration and teamwork students will develop a sense of place with the garden that they have created.
Theme: Civil Disobedience
Geared toward ages: 12, 11, 13
Kick off: Popsicle Triangle
Seminar Title: Civil Disobedience
Discussion Topics: Peace, Guerrilla Gardening
Group Initiative: Pass the Word
Project: Create a Guerrilla Garden
Outside Opportunity: Visit to University
Author’s note: Lots of planning but fun and students like it