Learn & Grow Educational Series

Grow From the Heart Positive Affirmation

July 10, 2023 Anne M. Zachry, Creator

The “Grow From the Heart” Campaign (GFHC) connects the Learn & Grow curriculum with preventing/resolving real-life problems in a way that encourages people to be kind and loving to themselves and others.

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Grow From the Heart Positive Affirmation

July 3, 2023 Anne M. Zachry, CreatorLeave a comment

Grow From the Heart Positive Affirmation

June 27, 2023 Anne M. Zachry, Creator

Grow From the Heart Positive Affirmation

June 19, 2023 Anne M. Zachry, CreatorLeave a comment

Food for Thought – Episode 5: Comparison of Total D.I.Y. vs. GroBucket

August 18, 2020 Anne ZachryLeave a comment

In this episode of Food for Thought, Anne Zachry, creator of the Learn & Grow Educational Series and her colleague and Learn & Grow volunteer, Isabel Arreola, compare a total DIY version of a self-watering container to a self-watering container made with a GroBucket by GroTech (https://instagram.com/grotechgarden). Those of you who have been following us for a while should remember …

Food for Thought – Episode 3: Teaching How Systems Work Through Gardening

May 22, 2020 Anne ZachryLeave a comment

In our 3rd episode of Food for Thought, our director and creator of the Learn & Grow Educational Series discusses how to use gardening to teach kids about systems, how they work, and how they interact with each other to create larger systems. References: California State Academic Standards – https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/ Definition of “gestalt” – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gestalt Bronfenbrenner’s Socio-Ecological Model of Human …

Let Us Make You a Garden

May 19, 2020 Anne Zachry

If you are located in Ventura, Santa Barbara, or West Los Angeles County, California, and would like a custom-built self-watering container garden, but don’t have the time to put it together yourself, we are making ourselves available to collect the recycled pieces, pre-cut the parts, and deliver your container garden to you using proper social distancing measures and safety equipment. …

Food for Thought – Episode 2: Teaching Long-Term Planning to Kids with Gardening

May 19, 2020 Anne ZachryLeave a comment

Learn & Grow Educational Series’ creator, Anne M. Zachry, M.A. Ed. Psych., discusses the life lessons that are naturally embedded in learning to grow food and how this is deliberately accounted for in Learn & Grow’s curriculum. Find us online: https://learn-and-grow.org Follow Us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/learngrowedseries Follow Us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/LearnAndGrowEdSeries Donate: https://paypal.me/learnandgrow Transcript of Audio from Video: Note: The …

Using Repurposed Materials to Combat Ground Squirrels

April 24, 2020 Anne ZachryLeave a comment

After ground squirrels dug up one end of the Learn & Grow test garden, Learn & Grow Educational Series creator, Anne Zachry, explains how she used pieces of an old chicken pen to create a barrier to prevent burrowers from tearing up the garden.

Food for Thought – Episode 1: Food Security During Times of Crisis

April 23, 2020 Anne Zachry1 Comment

This is Episode 1 of our Vlog, Food for Thought. This episode is titled, “Food Security During Times of Crisis.” This video discusses the use of an old urban gardening technique, self-watering containers made from 5-gallon buckets, as a means of ensuring food security for individuals, families, and communities regardless of the economy and condition of the commercialized food supply. …