The Garden Club is a student organization responsible for maintaining the Linfield Community Garden, located next to Renshaw Hall. The Linfield Community Garden serves as a hands-on tool educating students on local agriculture, and provides a source of fresh, local produce for students.
2010 May 7 | The Linfield Review | Linfield named to Princeton ‘Green’ list
2010 Apr 2 | The Linfield Review | Student sustainability projects receive funding through ACES program
2010 Feb 19 | The Linfield Review | How does your garden grow?
2010 Jan | Linfield College | Sustainability Grant Award (SGA) January 2010 Grant Recipients
Tools: Lowe's
Seeds: Territorial Seed and McMinnville Salvation Army Community Garden
Soil: Linfield Grounds Crew, Wilco, and Greenlands
Shed: Materials from Lowe's
Raised Beds: lumber, L-brackets, and screws from Lowe's
"The reason I decided to take on this project stemmed from volunteering at the Salvation Army Community Garden. I grew up helping my step dad around our yard, and when I started volunteering in McMinnville, it felt like a little taste of home I brought to my new home (Oregon). I live in Salt Lake City and don't get to go home very often, so I felt like I had found my niche in Oregon. I was talking with Chad Tillberg at the beginning of the year about how much I liked volunteering there and he suggested starting a gardening club on campus, so I did. Throughout the year, I have learned SO MUCH about the process of building your own garden.
I think it is important to recognize how much work goes into growing carrots, for example. With the way our food system works today, a lot of us are not aware of where our food is coming from, or what is being put into our food etc. Growing up eating almost completely out of my family's garden made it interesting coming to Linfield and eating out of Dillin...my body could tell the difference in 'freshness.' It was an eye opener to me that not everyone gets fresh food from their garden year round. The reason for this is because it's much easier to go to the grocery store and buy a can of beans rather than grow them yourself, clean them, clip them, freeze them, thaw them, and then cook them. I think there is a lot the garden can educate students about, but it's also a matter of students wanting the information.
The garden club has been a lot of work, and there is a lot more to it than I imagined, but it has been a great extracurricular learning experience."
