This winter we continued our partnership with Monterey Peninsula Regional Peninsula Parks District Let’s Get Outdoors program and implemented a new curriculum – Water & Winter: Exploring Our Local Watershed. Families joined for a morning of exploring how water moves through our farm, meeting the plants and animals of winter, and reflecting on how people can share and protect this vital resource. They got to learn how water moves through our landscape — and how people and nature share it. The 40 participants explored the farm’s living watershed, meet winter plants and animals, and think about how everyone deserves clean, reliable water.
Families discovered how water moves and is stored in a watershed through water cycle tag & exploration of our swales. They learned about water access and fairness through a water cup relay followed by a discussion about water in the Pajaro Valley. They explored winter flora and fauna through a guided nature scavenger hunt. The curriculum culminates in a reflective conversation about stewardship and what they learned.
We are looking forward to sharing the Water & Winter: Exploring Our Local Watershed curriculum as a new winter offering for school groups next year.