Ojai Valley School Garden Project
This session, our Youth Council team has been working to design and install their vision for a native plant garden at Ojai Valley School. This space is meant to be an educational tool for students and teachers. We created a OVS Survey to determine the needs of students and teachers and a Community Survey to ask for resources to support our project. Please fill out our Community Survey if you would like to donate supplies or volunteer time to make this garden possible. The garden will be available to local youth groups in Ventura County to enjoy, if you are interested in using this space to host a youth program please coordinate with mmunding-becker@ovs.org . We would like to create native plant habitat while also designing a beautiful peaceful space that our community can enjoy!
The Garden Space
Here are some “before” pictures of the site. The are some native plants and trees on the current landscape including oak trees and laurel sumacs. We want to add additional native plants, and remove invasive plants like tree tobacco, to create habitat for native animals in this area. We also want to incorporate signage and seating areas to make this an outdoor classroom space.
Meet the Team
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Charlotte
Youth Council President
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Celeste
Youth Council Vice President
My name is Celeste , my family has been in Ojai for generations and since my childhood I’ve always had a passion for our natural lands and spaces. I adore learning about our native botany and ecology everyday and love the opportunity to be present in the community through the green valley youth council.
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Lily
Youth Council Historian
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Marguerite
Youth Council Secretary
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Jeremy
Youth Council Activity Chair
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Lilac
Youth Council Reporter
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Maple
Communications Team
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Aanya
Communications Team
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Elle
Communications Team
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Lila
Communications Team
