New for SUMMER 2020!
Monday Garden Classes: Private Sensory Sessions and Small Herb Classes
Come join us for a hands-on learning experience at Laughing Buck Farm!
Angela has created some beautiful programs for the summer. Come join her in the garden and on the farm!
Angela’s background: educated in horticulture, sustainable education, mindfulness with children and horticultural therapy. Has been working for several years as a paraprofessional in the Poudre School District. Lover of the earth, dirt and all things outside.
Angela’s background: educated in horticulture, sustainable education, mindfulness with children and horticultural therapy. Has been working for several years as a paraprofessional in the Poudre School District. Lover of the earth, dirt and all things outside.
Private Farm / Garden Time
Mondays 12:30 - 1:30 2:00 - 3:00 FULL All ages (5 and up may be dropped off for a private session) $45 per hour Sign up one child, child and siblings, or a family group, up to six people. Private Farm Time: Join Horticultural Therapist Angela for a hands-on experience in the garden and on the farm. You can create a theme for your child, your family or a private group. Sensory Sessions: Children develop and improve their social-emotional skills and sensory regulation skills by learning through the sensory-rich environment of the garden and farm, creating art, tending to plants and feeding the animals from the garden. You may also harvest seasonal vegetables and herbs to take home. Get outside moving, learning, and creating. |
MONDAY HERB CLASSES (MAX SIZE 5)
4 - 5PM Ages 14 to adult $25 per class, or $80 for all 4 classes A gentle introduction to herbs. We will start with a grounding mediation in the Orchard then explore with our senses: sight, taste and smell. We will talk about the medicinal, spiritual and culinary uses for the herbs, reflecting about talking about the different herbs. Please bring your own yoga mat or towel. 6/29 Motherwort, Dill and Valerian (you will be able to take home plants) 7/13 Lemon Balm and Lavender (we will take home a relaxing spritzer) 7/20 Culinary Herbs, Refreshing SunTea (take home fresh herbs and make herb salts for cooking, take home fresh sun tea bundles) 7/27 Edible Flowers in the Garden Learn about the flowers and their nutritive properties |
Here are some of what you might experience with Angela
- Examining sensory gardening, exploring all senses in the garden to discover what we love and our preferences with test, smell and touch.
- Diving into an array of culinary/medicinal herbs and learning how to incorporate them into our everyday meals.
- Learning about edible wildflowers, exploring from weed to wildflower and gain an understanding of how they can benefit us.
- Prepping and prepare healthy meals together, using fresh vegetables and food straight from the garden.
- Observing our surroundings, taking moments to see what is around us, understanding trees, the birds and what grows naturally.
- Cultivate a safe and nurturing space for youth to learn and interact, cultivating mindfulness in the garden here and now.
- Use Positive reinforcement, seeing learning moments in the now to really understand life lessons in the garden, moments of beauty and when things just do not go as planned.
- Recognize youth’s individual strengths and challenges, how can we succeed with what we love.
- Provide LOTS of hands on learning
- Set group expectations from the beginning: listen to one another and understand who we are to keep each other safe.