Eco-Regional School Gardener’s Almanac for the PNW

Capstone students collaborated with the Pierce County Office of Resilience and Climate Action (ORCA) to develop portions of the Eco-Regional School Gardener’s Almanac for the Pacific Northwest Region, a resource for 6th grade teachers cultivating school gardens with their students. Groups researched climate and seasonality, biodiversity, and cycles of matter to create age-appropriate lessons and ready-to-use materials to help educate middle schoolers about and promote sustainable gardening and food systems in a hands-on, meaningful way.

Community Partner: Dr. Rob McGehee, Office of Resilience and Climate Action (ORCA), Pierce County Public Works

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Project Type(s): Undergraduate Capstone

Author(s): CLIMATE AND SEASONALITY Claar French, Nohemy Guantes, Crystal Liu, Helen Neuroth, Hannah Nguyen, Jocelynn Nguyen, Keyi Ni, Hilal Ozcan, Mia Rapp, Yi Xiong, Jessie Zhao // BIODIVERSITY: Monserrat Diaz, Jacqui Gooding, Kenta Huanca, Kathleen Kaiser Peterson, Vanessa Kankam, Kyle Kim, Avery Kluck, Christopher Mun, Trisha Venkatesan, Paris Wallace // CYCLES OF MATTER: Sofia Elizondo, Ella Fritz, Farzan Haroon, Tanusri Konakalla, Malia Kubodera, Emma Lundberg, Hongye Pan, Nicolas Valades, Elsie Zhang

Program(s): Food Systems Major

Year: 2026

Adviser(s):

• Yona Sipos