Campus Gardens
These outdoor, living classrooms offer hands-on learning opportunities
A distinctive feature of Prescott College's campus is its many gardens. These outdoor, living classrooms offer hands-on learning opportunities for agroecology students and many were created as senior projects of graduates in this program. They are coordinated by Environmental Studies Instructor Rebekah Doyle and maintained through class projects, student workers, and volunteers. The gardens provide spaces for experimenting with ecological growing techniques as well as food for the Crossroads Café. Students compost café food waste and apply the finished amendment to the garden beds.
These mixtures of crops and flowers create natural history moments and a vibrant atmosphere for everyone to enjoy.
Prescott College Campus Gardens
- Wangari Maathai tree nursery
- Rachel Carson garden
- Alan Chadwick terraces
- Liberty Hyde Bailey terraces
- Barbara McClintock garden
- The native plant nursery
- Campus greenhouse
- Palo Verde garden
- Cholla garden
Highlights
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Colin Khoury
After finishing his B.A. at Prescott College, Colin worked as a Crop Curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, and Patagonia, Arizona, and as ... Learn more >
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Jessica Williams
Jessica Williams ’08 of Tucson was awarded a Campus Ecology Fellowship by the National Wildlife Federation to support work on college ... Learn more >
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Michael Shay '07
It’s a bakery-hot Prescott summer evening, but the Raven Café is packed with folks who don’t seem to mind the heat for a second. The Just ... Learn more >
