Garden
The gardening curriculum emphasizes reverence for nature, care for the environment, and respect for each other. Early gardening activities foster the students’ powers of observation that become vital in later gardening years. Stories and songs are used to introduce gardening themes and jobs such as the life cycle of plants, facts of the natural world, and seasonal changes. The skills taught in gardening such as tool care and cleaning, harvesting, saving seed, and extensive weeding and bed preparation strengthen the will, support physical growth, and teach responsibility.
Animals
Desert Marigold is home to a variety of barnyard animals that some classes occasionally help care for throughout the year. This can include anything from feeding and mucking out to collecting and selling eggs.
Desert Marigold’s barnyard animals are under the care and supervision of the Animal Care team, a group of parent volunteers responsible for feeding and bedding down the animals each day.
If you are interested in volunteering with animal care, please reach out to animalcare@desertmarigold.org.
Caring for the animals is covered entirely by donations that are raised through various events held throughout the year, including an annual event in their honor as well as smaller events such as bake sales.
If you would like to help support animal care costs, please consider making a donation through this link.