Newberg Center
Learning Garden
Learning Garden Events
Seed Share and Learning Event
April 24th 10:30am-2pm, Newberg Center Main Commons
Learn about seed sovereignty seed growing get free seeds and feel welcome to share your own learn about your campus’s learning garden.
Planting Potatoes in Bags
April 25th, 10:30am-2pm, Newberg Center Main Commons
Learn how to grow potatoes in a bag, which is perfect for small gardens, patios and even balconies. Join us to learn about the benefits of growing spuds in a bag by using space saving, pests and diseases control methods.
Learning Garden Plan
Here is the initial plan created for the Learning Garden. It is the product of student research, staff and faculty design brainstorming, community input, and Seed Garden Designs. By getting involved with the Learning Garden, you can help grow community and share in the experience of continuing the creation of this beautiful communal space and active learning lab, which will also become a food-producing garden, provide wildlife and pollinator habitat, and serve as a tangible example of sustainable food systems.
Newberg Center Design
- The building is designed to be Net Zero, Carbon-Neutral, producing as much energy as it uses.
- The building was the first net-zero higher education building in Oregon and the second in the United States.
- Awarded platinum-level LEED-NC certification, (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design with a special focus on new construction.)
- The building systems consist of passive ventilation, radiant heating, natural daylight, and solar energy, and incorporate a variety of green-building materials.