Albuquerque: Hands on Science Opportunity @ the Open Space Visitor Center

I don't think homeschoolers can take advantage of the transporation stuff but you never know until you ask!--Tabbi



The Open Space Visitor Center is planning a demonstration garden that represents several early farming methods and the foods that were collected and cultivated in New Mexico. This is intended to be an educational garden where groups can actively take part in its development and observe its successes and failures. Farming methods that will be represented are terraced arroyo, waffle garden, cobble mulch garden, and orchards. You are invited to take part in its cultivation!

We would like to target both Science and History teachers and students with this unique project. We are looking for school groups who can take part in the development of this garden throughout the summer on a weekly, bi-weekly or monthly basis. If this is something you would like to engage your students in please call Joshua Willis, Education Coordinator, at the Open Space Visitor Center. We will strive to align the activities you participate in here with standards you are currently teaching in your classroom. Our lessons will be hands on, outdoors and highly enjoyable.

Transportation can be negotiated through public transit (City Bus) or a bus scholarship program offered by the Open Space Alliance. If your school has access to private vehicles, or if your students drive, this would be a golden opportunity to begin a sustained relation with the Open Space Visitor Center and the educational opportunities found here.

The Open Space Visitor Center is located at 6500 Coors Blvd. NW between Montana Rd. and Paseo del Norte at the end of Bosque Meadows Rd. The Center is open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM and closed Mondays. Call 897-8831 for more information or visit www.cabq.gov/openspace/visitorcenter.

Joshua Willis
Open Space
Parks and Recreation
City of Albuquerque
Visitor Center: 505-897-8831
Office: 505-897-8856
Fax: 505-987-0572