Education
Blake Garden is a site for experiential learning for classes in landscape design, plant identification, environmental planning, painting and drawing, and photography, to name a few. As well as being a resource for the department it serves various area colleges and schools, organizations and groups and the community at large.
Volunteer and work study opportunities are offered and could include:
- Invasive species identification and control
- Planting & transplanting
- Propagating plant material
- Pruning trees and shrubs
- Wall, path & seating construction
- Garden bed restoration
- Composting, developing soil health
- Integrated pest management
- Water management
If you are interested please contact:
Lauri Twitchell, Blake Garden Manager
Email: twitchel@berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 524-2449