University of Iowa Gardeners

University of Iowa Gardeners 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.

Join us this Monday to volunteer at the community garden
04/28/2026

Join us this Monday to volunteer at the community garden

We will be creating Cyanotype prints today. This uses the sun to change the color of the paper and leaves anything in sh...
04/27/2026

We will be creating Cyanotype prints today. This uses the sun to change the color of the paper and leaves anything in shadow as white

A successful night of gnome painting. Visit the garden or greenhouse to see if you can find any of them out in the wild
04/07/2026

A successful night of gnome painting. Visit the garden or greenhouse to see if you can find any of them out in the wild

Happy Earth month! Join DIRT in all the fun we have planned for April. You can find updates here or in the GroupMe
04/01/2026

Happy Earth month! Join DIRT in all the fun we have planned for April. You can find updates here or in the GroupMe

Happy Earth month! Join DIRT in all the fun we have planned for April. You can find updates here or on the GroupMe
04/01/2026

Happy Earth month! Join DIRT in all the fun we have planned for April. You can find updates here or on the GroupMe

April 6th will be the elections for the DIRT executive board. We will be painting tote bags and gnomes afterward. If you...
03/31/2026

April 6th will be the elections for the DIRT executive board. We will be painting tote bags and gnomes afterward. If you’re looking to run for an exec position there is a sign up in the GroupMe

Join us Monday to learn about mushrooms and making your own pickles
03/27/2026

Join us Monday to learn about mushrooms and making your own pickles

Sunday gardening is starting up again this weekend! Join us at 3111 Hawkeye Park Rd at 12pm this Sunday
03/24/2026

Sunday gardening is starting up again this weekend! Join us at 3111 Hawkeye Park Rd at 12pm this Sunday

Thank you to our chefs from DIRT and Plant Futures for cooking up these beautiful meals. They used our secret ingredient...
03/12/2026

Thank you to our chefs from DIRT and Plant Futures for cooking up these beautiful meals. They used our secret ingredients of kale and impossible meat in a Chopped Challenge

Join DIRT tonight in the greenhouse to relax a bit between midterms. We will be using the seed paper from last meeting, ...
03/09/2026

Join DIRT tonight in the greenhouse to relax a bit between midterms. We will be using the seed paper from last meeting, chatting, and looking around at plants

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