GROWING NEIGHBORS & SPOKANE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Capstone Project
For our first project in our Capstone course, our team's job was to develop a case study and an information graphic for Growing Neighbors that examines the community gardens in the Spokane area and the benefits it may have for Spokane Public Schools. Growing Neighbors (GN) is a non-profit organization and was founded in collaboration with a variety of community partners and advocates. Like Growing Neighbors, our group believes that incorporating garden-based learning into Spokane Public Schools’ curriculum's would majorly benefit students.
Client: EWU, Senior Capstone Course
My Role: Research & Infographic Design
Challenges:
Personnel
- Finding personal to manage school gardens in the summer months
- No one to currently to facilitate the continuity and stability of community gardens in the area
Maintenance
- About 90% of teachers don’t know enough about garden-based learning
- Teachers lack time & resources to come up with a curriculum for their classroom that relates to garden-based learning
Design Solution:
Map Infographic Design
- Create a poster showing where all the community gardens and Spokane Public Schools are
S.P.S. Community Garden Facilitator
- Facilitate the importance of the city of Spokane hiring someone to coordinate community and school gardens
Spokane Schools
- Incorporate field trips to community gardens in the area, so students can still have a way to apply garden-based learning
- Educate Teachers on how to garden, and more importantly, how to connect gardening to their curriculum