Assignment #3: Key Messages

1. Ogier Gardens is a student staffed organically grown garden on

the UNF campus.
- Funded by the Student Life Fee, along with donations
from the Jacksonville Zoo, Earth Works and other
organizations.
- Largely involved on the UNF campus and in the
Jacksonville community
Provides much of the produce for Chartwells
Dining on campus.
Works with Lend- a-Wing Pantry on campus along
with other food banks.
2. Ogier Gardens works to educate students and the community on
the importance of healthy eating, along with other aspects of
farming and agriculture
- Works with Healthy Osprey, the Environmental Center,
The Department of Health Promotion.
It provides workshops and training for UNF
students.
Topics include organic gardening, food choices,
and education on where the food we eat comes
from.
- Ogier Gardens is also involved in students on campus
earn their degrees.
Ecology students are required to spend a certain
amount of hours in the garden for some of their
classes.
3. There are many different places to volunteer and get involved in
the gardens.
- There is a need for more volunteers due to the exiting of
many of the Senior and junior volunteers that currently
spend their time here.
Students can benefit from the hands- on
gardening experience and the free produce that
volunteers are able to take with them.
The volunteer hours are also beneficial for
resumes.
- There is also an Adopt- A-Bed program for clubs and
students.

Students, clubs, and campus organizations can

adopt a specific plot that they are responsible
for tending and taking care of.
It requires two hours a week, but the sponsors
are rewarded with the harvest of their assigned
plot.