Education

Education is central to Rio Grande Community Farm’s mission. RGCF offers educational farm tours, gardening workshops, and service learning opportunities to educate people of all ages about sustainable, organic farming and gardening methods.  Hundreds of people participate in these programs every year.

Farm Tours

Year-round educational farm tours are available for students in Kindergarten through eighth grade. We offer a fun standards-based, hands-on, 2-hour farm tour for school children on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 am and 12:30 pm (by appointment only). This farm tour covers an ever-changing variety of topics that may include soil composition, compost and worms, and health and nutrition. We suggest scheduling our signature farm tour in the fall, then visiting again in the spring for a customized farm visit based on your students’ interests. Plan to spend additional time after your farm tour – perhaps with a picnic lunch under the massive Cottonwood trees, soaking up the sights and sounds of nature at the Farm. The cost of a 2-hour educational farm tour is $4 per student or accompanying adult. Minimum group size is 10. Limit 30 per group. There is no cost for teachers. Please register and schedule through our Farm Tour Form and email education@riograndefarm.org if you have any questions.

Garden Workshops

RGCF offers a variety of gardening workshops that are open to the public. Recent workshops included permaculture and seed saving topics. Please check our home page frequently for information about upcoming workshops. If you would like us to develop a custom workshop for you or a group of people, please email us at education@riograndefarm.org – we are happy to introduce you to a new gardening topic or expand on one you’re already working with. There is a wealth of knowledge here at the Farm and we love to share it with the community!

Service Learning

We offer a limited number of service-learning opportunities at the RGCF. If you are attending an accredited school, and would like to participate in a semester of service learning at the Farm, please email us at education@riograndefarm.org for more information. Unfortunately, at this time we are unable to offer internships or WWOOF opportunities at the Rio Grande Community Farm.