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Bronco Urban Gardens

Let's Grow Together!

Often referred to as BUG, Bronco Urban Gardens is the food justice initiative of Santa Clara University’s Center for Sustainability, based out of The Forge Garden, and works in solidarity with marginalized neighborhoods, supporting their urban garden projects and spaces, to create hands-on learning experiences for students of all ages and backgrounds, including SCU students. BUG provides technical support and garden-enhanced education that serves to increase ecological literacy and raise nutritional awareness as well as food access.

Support Campuswide Community-Based Learning Initiatives:  BUG provides community-based learning opportunities for undergraduates, which support Arrupe Weekly Engagement, student projects, service learning events, and coursework seeking to fulfill the Experiential Learning for Social Justice (ELSJ) Core requirement.

Build Inclusive Learning Models:  BUG supports engaging learning spaces and inclusive garden-based curriculum for school aged children in underserved schools and marginalized communities of Santa Clara County. 

Explore Food Justice at the Community Level: BUG builds on local partnerships and works in solidarity with surrounding neighborhoods, in order create mutual learning experience that promote inquiry and dialog for more just and sustainable food systems.

During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Navigate here to Resiliency Bags Program

BUG has shifted its traditional outreach, in order to maintain its connection to the children and their families that participate in our urban garden programs. 

Learning Beyond the Classroom
Navigate here to Internships

Become part of the team! For open positions, please check the main Center for Sustainability Team page under the About section.


Community Engagement
Navigate here to The Garden Play Project

Gardens are spaces that lend themselves naturally to imagination and creativity. In other words, gardens inspire play.


Weekly Engagement Program
Navigate here to Garden Clubs

Garden Clubs are Bronco Urban Garden's longest-running garden-based enrichment program coordinated through the Arrupe Weekly Engagement Program.


Community Partners 

502 Illinois Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125

BUG partners with Gardner Academy to coordinate technical, educational and volunteer support for their school garden.  Our partnership includes coordinating with teachers and administration, parent leadership as well as the extended care organization on campus.  

 

100 Oak Street, San Jose, CA 95110

BUG partners with Washington Elementary to coordinate technical, educational and volunteer support for their school garden. Our partnership includes coordinating with teachers and administration, parent leadership as well as CORAL, the extended care organization on campus.

BUG delivers a portion of the Forge’s weekly harvest and provides garden-based programming for the women and families living at Homesafe, a transitional housing facility for survivors of domestic violence.  

The Ignatian Center coordinates with BUG on a variety of student engagement projects, which includes Arrupe Weekly Engagement, our longest running community-based learning for social justice program. 

The Forge Garden is home to BUG operations, supporting growing efforts at all BUG hubs and providing a space for HomeSafe garden-based educational programming as well as a field trip location for schools working with BUG.

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