Education and Connection in Colorado Springs

SEE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing experiential education about agriculture, sustainable living, the local ecosystem and whole system design, and artisanship.

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Classes for 2021 now available!

Upcoming Courses

What We Do

Educational Experiences

Hands-on courses for all ages on everything from soil building to pollinator garden design.

Community Building

Spend some time in our community garden getting to know the plants and folks that call this place “home”.

Stewardship

Doing our part to take care of the land and the life it provides.

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We’re currently planning programs for 2021. Fill out our Programs Survey so we know what you want to learn!

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In permaculture, there is no waste. Everything is designed and planned intentionally so the “waste” products are useful in other ways. As we lay this year’s garden to rest, the plants being cut out served a few different purposes. Most got cut up, and once they’re dry they’ll serve as “browns” for our compost pile. The rest went to feed local livestock friends! Our purple bean vines fed the goats who belong to a family we met during Pick & Pay, and scraps from broccoli, kale, and chard plants went to feed pigs at @CornerPostMeats. Colorado Springs is just now reaching freezing temperatures at night! This means it’s time to shut down and blow out our irrigation system. Our board president, Kyle, took the lead on getting this done. In climates that experience freezing temperatures, it’s absolutely essential to blow any remaining water out of irrigation pipes. If this isn’t done, the water can freeze, expand, and destroy pipes, which makes for lots of headaches and costs in repair work in the spring. Here’s your friendly reminder to blow out your outdoor irrigation system, friends! We’re big carrot fans! These whimsical, underground tubulars bring us so much joy when harvest time rolls around. Until the moment when they’re pulled out of the ground, you have no idea how big they’ll be, what weird shapes they might have contorted into, or even what color they might be (if you planted a rainbow assortment like we did)!