Learning Gardens Lab

Learning Gardens Lab Cultivating a sustainable future through garden-based education. You will be notified of the list moderator's decision by email. Donate!

The Learning Garden Laboratory (LGL) sits on a 12-acre garden education site located in Southeast Portland that provides K-12, university students and community members hands-on and place-based education in sustainable gardening, healthy nutrition, and permaculture. Education at LGL supports improved academic achievement, leadership development, and the development of sustainable local food system

s Established in 2005, LGL exists as a unique partnership between Portland State University, Portland Public Schools, Portland Parks and Recreation, and Oregon State University Extension Service. Subscribe to LearningGardenLab by filling out the form provided on the following link:

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https://www.foundation.pdx.edu/publicgift/sustainableeducation.jsp

Pretty much what a typical day at the farm looks like🌻 an opening circle, crows flying everywhere, flowers blooming, lad...
06/10/2026

Pretty much what a typical day at the farm looks like🌻 an opening circle, crows flying everywhere, flowers blooming, lady bugs doing their thing, and our Doug Fir tree giving us shelter and guidance 💚 artwork by our lovely Urban Farm Education student Ruby Z.

Work Party this Saturday at LGL! Be in community with us, give back to the land & hang out! We’ll be primarily working i...
06/03/2026

Work Party this Saturday at LGL! Be in community with us, give back to the land & hang out! We’ll be primarily working in our dry farm, prepping and planting in the beds 🌞

All Work Parties at LGL start with an opening circle of movement, breath, reflection & introductions. After that, we’ll get started on some projects throughout the site. We will have activities & projects for all accessibility needs.

If you have any questions or need accommodations, please reach out to Camila at [email protected].

We have one last plant sale for you! We’ll have tomatoes (lots of em) herbs, flowers, cucurbits, kale, chard and more! 🍅...
06/02/2026

We have one last plant sale for you! We’ll have tomatoes (lots of em) herbs, flowers, cucurbits, kale, chard and more! 🍅🌿🥒🌻 Stop by the garden this Saturday, June 6 from 10 am to 1pm to get some plants!

Please bring your own reusable containers; we try to use as little plastic as possible.

This week we finished another season of k-5 Spring field trips🫜💚 We had so many amazing classes come out and learn both ...
05/29/2026

This week we finished another season of k-5 Spring field trips🫜💚 We had so many amazing classes come out and learn both in and from the garden. It is so wonderful to see the students (and their chaperones!) enjoy the magic of the garden ⭐️🌱🐞

We offer K-5 field trips at no cost to Title 1 schools. If you would like to donate and support our work, you can do so through the link in our bio. Your donations are seeds of change that help us continue to grow our work ❤️

Slide 4 is a student drawing of our Pollination Station 🐝 & slide 7 is a student imaginary rat plant that is stinky to attract decomposers and has spiders as roots 🕷️

Partnership Highlight: Whole Heart Garden 🌱 💜Swipe thru to read an interview we had with the amazing human behind 🌻If y...
05/21/2026

Partnership Highlight: Whole Heart Garden 🌱 💜

Swipe thru to read an interview we had with the amazing human behind 🌻

If you want to learn more and connect with them, they host periodic garden tending days for their plot, more info for this is on their instagram page 💚 we are so grateful to have them be a part of the LGL community!!!

We are so excited to offer (for the first time ever!) a Summer Farm Camp for youth at the Learning Gardens Lab 🌻Join us ...
05/20/2026

We are so excited to offer (for the first time ever!) a Summer Farm Camp for youth at the Learning Gardens Lab 🌻

Join us for a five-day summer program during the last three weeks of July for youth ages 8 through 10 🦋🐞🍄Together, we’ll spend our days in the garden immersed in land-based & hands-on ecological learning.

At Summer Farm Camp, children will:
-Play in the garden & explore our natural world
-Learn about plants, land stewardship, & gardening
-Create art & nature crafts
-Shop the children’s market on the last day of camp (families invited to participate)

Dates offered (pick one week):
-July 13-17
-July 20-24
-July 27-31

This is a full day camp from 9am to 3:30pm.

Summer registration is now open, register at tinyurl.com/lglfarmcamp or through the link in our bio. Cost: $450
*We unfortunately are unable to offer scholarships at this time, we hope to offer scholarships in the future.

Space is intentionally limited to create intimate, grounded and supportive experiences for our campers.

Questions? email Camila at [email protected]

Volunteer Work Party + a Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16th at the Learning Gardens Lab! 🌻 We’ll be slinging plants and ...
05/12/2026

Volunteer Work Party + a Plant Sale this Saturday, May 16th at the Learning Gardens Lab! 🌻 We’ll be slinging plants and working in the garden from 10 to 3. We hope to see you there!

We will have activities & projects for all accessibility needs :)

We have another plant sale for you! 🪴Saturday, May 9th from 10 am to 3pm. We’ll be aligning tomato, chard, brassica, flo...
04/30/2026

We have another plant sale for you! 🪴Saturday, May 9th from 10 am to 3pm. We’ll be aligning tomato, chard, brassica, flower, and herb starts 🍅🥬🌻🌿 We hope to see you there!

Please bring your own reusable containers, we try to use as little plastic as possible. Thank you! :)

Volunteer Work Party this Saturday, May 2nd from 10am to 3pm! 🫘💜🫛 We’ll be working in our Land Race plot. We’ll have act...
04/29/2026

Volunteer Work Party this Saturday, May 2nd from 10am to 3pm! 🫘💜🫛 We’ll be working in our Land Race plot. We’ll have activities & projects for folks of all accessibility needs. We hope to see you there!

*artwork by one of k-5 field trip students :)

Tomorrow!!!!! It’s that time of the year again 🌼🌎🌱 (even though earth day should be every day……) We are so excited to we...
04/24/2026

Tomorrow!!!!!

It’s that time of the year again 🌼🌎🌱 (even though earth day should be every day……)

We are so excited to welcome everyone back for another Earth Day Celebration with more amazing humans and more amazing organizations & vendors 💞

Celebrate the Earth & be in community with us on Saturday, April 25th from 11am to 3pm at the Learning Gardens Lab (6745 SE 60th Ave. Portland, OR 97206) 🐦‍⬛🌞 We’ll have art activities, rock painting, face painting, plant sales, workshops, food, music, vendors, & garden tours at the top of every hour (12pm, 1pm, 2pm) 🌻 For humans of all ages!! We’ll have lots of activities for kiddos 🙂

*this event is free and welcome to all 🙂 Please reach out to Camila at [email protected] for any questions or accessibility needs.

We can’t wait to have you all out at the garden!!! 🫶🏼

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6745 SE 60th Avenue
Portland, OR
97206

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 3pm
Tuesday 9am - 3pm
Wednesday 9am - 3pm
Thursday 9am - 3pm
Friday 9am - 3pm

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