Student or Group Info
Name(s): Sarah Dyer
Term: Spring 2021
Credits: 4
Title of ILC or Group Project: Co-Curricular Community Garden Stewardship
Field Supervisor
Name: Dr. Sarah Williams
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College
Subcontractor
Name: Dr. Steve Scheuerell
Title: Faculty
Organization: The Evergreen State College
Program of Project Description
Narrative: Throughout this in-program ILC, Co-Curricular Community Gardens Project, I will be working alongside peers through collaborative planning and management of the campus Community Gardens to grow diverse, organic vegetables. I will learn the process of planning for a growing season and the implementation of those plans in actual garden plots at the Evergreen State College. In the co-curricular model that is being developed the plots will be managed by several students, and produce from the garden will be utilized in future academic programs. I will meet with my peers and Terroir/Meroir faculty two times a week during which I will tend and manage the collaborative community garden plot. Additionally, I will collaborate with Ashley Lewis on a project surrounding the Three Sisters method.
| Learning objective | Activity | Deliverable |
| Collaborative stewardship of a community garden plot with the goal of supplying tasting subjects for the Fall 2021 Terroir/Merroir program. | Bed preparation, amending, seeding, transplanting, weeding, trellising, harvesting, and all-around plant care. | Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation. |
| Collaborative hands-on application of indigenous planting techniques. | Developing a Four Sisters garden with Ashley Lewis working from the Three Sisters method of intercropping, utilizing corn, beans and squash, and sunflowers. | Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation. |
| Research and preparation for working in a diverse Organic vegetable garden, with special focus on indigenous intercropping methods. | Researching related readings and films surrounding vegetable gardening, indigenous intercropping traditions, and the Three Sisters method texts will include Buffalo Bird Woman’s Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians by Gilbert Wilson and The Market Gardener by Jean-Martin Fortier. | Notes and progress posted to an ePortfolio with weekly blog posts and consistent documentation. |
Evaluation of Work
- WordPress ePortfolio
- Final week ten presentation
- Narrative evaluations from field supervisor and/or subcontractor
- Narrative mid-quarter and final self-evaluations