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UNG Teaching Garden

IPE/CE College of Health Sciences and Professions

UNG TeachingGardenIPE/CE College of Health Sciences and Professions

what grows in a teaching garden?

Hopefully food! But, more importantly: a sense of community, learning about soil, our confidence in meeting the challenges of gardening in North Georgia, a sense of our history as gardeners, our sense of power as food scarcity and food insecurity impacts our region,
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students, faculty, community

Spring Greens are very nourishing, and a great way to get your garden growing in the spring. The veggies grown in our teaching garden will be able to be harvested and hopefully springboard to the presence of a meaningful farmer's market here in Dahlonega.
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Nursing, Physical Therapy, Mental Health

All of the members of the College of Health Sciences and Professions recognize that our bodies are meant to move! Even if every crop you plant fails your body benefits from being outside, moving, and working with your hands.
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Students engaged ~ Principles of Service

UNG students understand that being engaged with the community is more than an assignment- it is part of learning with a purpose-and helping others.

Adopt a Plant

Click on "Volunteer" to sign up for your area of focus in the garden- if you are a student and want to use the UNG Teaching Garden as your service learning you can adopt an entire plant and your name will be attached to it- like "Hannah's Carrots".
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UNG IPE & CE ~ We care

The hope behind this garden is that it will serve as a start to a change in the North Georgia region, and we can begin to address food insecurity, access to healthy foods, and supporting sustainable local agriculture. Appalachia has a rich farming heritage, and this garden will be a return to our "roots".

Email: hannah.cilli@ung.edu
Website: http://hannahcilli.populr.me/our-missionipe--ce
Location: The University of North Georgia., College Circle, Dahlonega, GA, United States

The Vickery House

The Garden will be at the Vickery House located off the Dahlonega Campus. We hope to grow several raised beds, and a large melon patch over the summer. We will grow a Spring, Summer, and Fall crop. There will be a new sign up for each season. Come be a part of our North Georgia Community!