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STUDENT CENTER GARDEN

Workshop Series

Quick Facts

  • Offering free, interactive, and informative monthly workshops for the UC San Diego community.
  • Take home garden gifts at each workshop! Past giveaways include Garden Workshop mugs, tea steepers, vegetable brush and peelers, compost bins, garden gloves, mini gardening shovels and rakes, terracotta pots, tea and spice herb bundles, and dorm room plants and seedlings.
  • Enjoy time in the garden, meet new people, and learn something new!

Garden Mission 

The UC San Diego Student Center Garden, created and cared for by University Centers, nurtures community and promotes sustainability through educational workshops and programs that empower students to engage with food systems, enhance mental well-being, and foster environmental stewardship.

The garden workshops are completely free to the UC San Diego community. The Garden Workshop Series is for every member of the community, meaning you don't have to be a part of a club or any other organization in order to attend. Just show up at the garden with your UC San Diego ID at 11am on designated Fridays.

If you would like more information about the Student Center Garden or have specific inquiries, please email the University Centers Sustainability Assistant at ucensustain@ucsd.edu.

Workshops are held monthly on Fridays at 11am during the academic year.
See the current 25/26 workshop schedule below.


UC San Diego Garden Mental Health Impact Video

 

Garden Workshop Schedule

2025-2026

GARDEN WORKSHOP SERIES - 2025/2026

FALL 25
  • Intro to Gardening: Starting Your Own Garden - 10/17
  • Feast to Fertilizer: Learn about Composting - 11/21
WINTER 26
  • Herbal Hugs: How to Grow Your Own Tea - 1/30
  • Brassica Bonanza: Grow, Know, and Taste - 2/27
  • Buzz Into Spring: Pollinator Planting Party - 3/13
SPRING 26
  • Beneficial Bugs: Building Homes for Garden Guardians - 4/17
  • Pressed Love: Nature Inspired Art - 5/16

Held Fridays at 11am at the Student Center Garden, located below the LGBT Resource Center at the Student Center. We recommend arriving early as the workshop space can only accommodate up to 40 people.

2024-2025

GARDEN WORKSHOP SERIES - 2024/2025

FALL 24

  • Intro to Gardening - 10/11
  • Dorm Room Planting  - 11/15

WINTER 25

  • Paint Your Own Succulent Planter - 1/24
  • Native Plants & Flowers  - 2/21
  • Strawberry Shortcake Decorating - 3/14

SPRING 25

  • Intro to Gardening (spring edition) - 4/25
  • Healing Herbs - 5/16

Held fridays at 11am at the Student Center Garden, located below the LGBT Resource Center. We recommend arriving early as our workshop space can only accommodate 40 people.

 

 

2023-2024

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Fall workshops included: Intro to Gardening and Dorm Room Planting

Winter workshops included: Paint Your Own Succulent Planter, Intro to Gardening, and Healing Herbs, 

Spring workshops included: April Flowers Bring..., and Strawberry Shortcake Decorating

2022-2023

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The 2022-23 academic year consisted of six garden workshops covering topics ranging from dorm room planting to edible flowers. Featured above is a photo from one of our most well attended workshops.