The Portland Farm and Garden Educators Network (PFGEN) is an informal network of educators, teachers, volunteers, parents, non-profit staff and others who use gardens and farms to teach children about the environment, food systems, nutrition, science and other topics.
Listserve
PFGEN has an active Googlegroup listserve for sharing relevant local resources such as grant opportunities, trainings, job posts, volunteer opportunities, donated materials, etc. You can join the group and also search past messages in the forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pfgen
Gathering
We have periodic gatherings where we can meet in person, exchange ideas and help further our collective efforts. Join the listserve to receive an invitation to the next gathering.
We also have an active Facebook group. Feel free to share pictures from your school gardens, ask questions or point others to local resources.
Resource Sharing
At the last PFGEN gathering, we collected our favorite resources, such as curriculum, toolkits and links. Feel free to add resources to this spreadsheet
Maps
In 2016, Growing Gardens undertook a regional School Garden Assessment, with support from East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District, which gave us a panorama of school gardens in our region. Please see the full report here.
