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Our garden provides an educational model that addresses environmental, social, cultural, and economical issues that affect our contemporary food system.

Growing sustainable produce is where our passion lies. Our 1/3-acre garden provides an educational model that addresses environmental, social, cultural, and economical issues that affect our contemporary food system. The mission of the Student Garden is to:

1. Create mentoring opportunities for students who want to learn practical farming and gardening skills.
2. Grow sustainable produce for the University of Iowa Food Services and Iowa City community.
3. Provide and demonstrate sustainable food choices and lifestyle practices to all University of Iowa students.
4. Promote interdisciplinary cooperation between students, campus, and community organizations.
5. Serve as a resource for education and research for students, faculty, and staff of the University of Iowa. To ensure quality produce, we create an environment that is rooted in the principles of organic agriculture. Although we are not a certified organic garden, we grow our produce without the use of pesticides, herbicides, and artificial fertilizers. Our work provides an educational opportunity for several colleges and departments, and is directly linked to the academic and residential Green Adventures Living Learning Community, which aims to contextualize a diversity of environmental issues topics:

- Urban and regional food systems.
- Plant morphology, biochemistry, and physiology.
- Plant evolution and diversity.
- Applications in environmental engineering.
- Ecology.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- Culture and food diversity.
- Human diet and nutrition. The Student Garden is nestled off Hawkeye Park Rd, across from the Hawkeye Recreation Fields.

10/19/2026

Oregon trail with pumpkin snacks!!!🎃

10/19/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up to our volunteer event and open house. You guys rocked!!!!!🍅🪴🎃

10/14/2026

Upcoming Volunteer Event!!!!🪏🪴

10/02/2026

Join us every Tuesday in PBSB B70 at 6:30pm for our variety of events this month!!🍁

09/22/2026

Join us for our weekly meeting and plant some seeds!!! 🍉🍎

09/15/2026

Next week we will be hosting a Greenhouse Seeding event so if you eat some fruit, keep the seed, and bring it to our meeting to plant on September 22nd! 🍅🥒

09/15/2026

Join us tonight at 6:30 in B70 PBSB for this weeks meeting! 🗺️

09/15/2026

Explore downtown Iowa City green spaces in search of our board members tomorrow 9/15 at 6:30pm in PBSB B70! 🗺️🧭

09/14/2026

Office of Sustainability Garden Picnic! 🥬🍉 September 29th from 5pm-6:30pm

09/14/2026

Due to a few conflicts we had to reschedule some events. We will still meet in PBSB B70 on Tuesdays at 6:30pm!💚

Address

Hawkeye Park Road
Iowa City, IA
52246

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