People


OUR TEAM
The Orchard Garden's volunteer team consists of graduate and undergraduate students of The University of British Columbia campus Vancouver, a Garden Coordinator and an Academic Advisor/Principal Investigator. Our team arrives in the garden with a wealth of broad experiences and degrees in Curriculum Studies, Science Education, Business, Art Education, Math Education, Economics, Plant Genetics, Landscape Architecture, Radio Broadcasting, Contemporary Dance, Horticulture, Engineering, 
Architecture... and the list goes on.
We are pulled to the work and power of gardens through various intersecting agendas.  We are unified by our shared passion and curiosity for the land and our community.

Past and current members have made possible eight successful growing seasons, in which the garden and participants have flourished and grown up. 

WE CULTIVATE LEARNING!



Academic Coordinator & Principal Investigator 
(Learning to Teach in an Outdoor Classroom)
Dr. Susan Gerofsky - Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education. 

Garden Coordinator: Emily Peer-Groves, Undergraduate Student, LFS. Applied Biology.

Graduate Students:

-John Ames. Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Liz Beattie.Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Arthur Chen. MA Student, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Eleanor Hendriks.  Simon Fraser University
-Myron Medina. Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Margaret McKeon. Ph.D. Student, Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education
-Joanne Price,  Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Tsubasa, Saito. Ph. D. Student, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
-Kwessi Yaro. Ph. D. Student, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education.
Other contributors
Dr. Tathali Urueta-Ortiz, 
Research Affiliate-Centre for Early Childhood Education and Research

Past UBC Orchard Garden Team Members

We are thankful with those who have participated over the years, with their expertise, knowledge, and leadership to the foundation and growth of The Orchard Garden.


Left to right:  Marc Schutzbank, Will Valley, Andrew Riseman, 
Chessa Adsit-Morris, Leanna Killoran, Natasha Tymo, Djamila Moore, 
Susan Gerofsky, (second row) Eric Drewes, Julia Ostertag, Joshua Welsh


The Orchard Garden Alumni

Garden Coordinator 2017-2018: Sam Puddicombe, Faculty of Land & Food Systems.

Academic Coordinator (The Orchard Garden)

Dr. Andrew Riseman - Associate Professor, Faculty of Land & Food Systems 

Curricular Coordinator
Stacy Friedman- Manager of the Intergenerational Landed Learning on the Farm

Graduate Student Research Advisors
Chessa Adsit-Morris - Faculty of Education, MA Student
Kate Petrusa - Faculty of Education, MA Student
Julia Ostertag - Faculty of Education, Ph.D. Student

Undergraduate Garden Coordinators
Panthea Read - Faculty of Land & Food Systems, B.Sc. Student
Emma Avery- Faculty of Land & Food Systems, B.Sc. Student

Undergraduate Project Assistants 
Heather Verdin - Faculty of Land & Food Systems (GRS), B.Sc. Student
Razan Remaileh - Faculty of Arts, B.A. Student

Think & Eat Green @ School Graduate Student Advisors
Eric Drewes - Faculty of Land & Food Systems, M.Sc. Student
Will Valley - Faculty of Land & Food Systems, Ph.D. Student