About the Program:

CEEP is a plant-based education program designed to educate 3rd grade teachers and students about the Arboretum while meeting criteria for the 3rd grade California science content standards for Life Sciences, Investigation and Experimentation as well as Physical Sciences.

For the complete list of standards met for each of these sections, see the Standards section below for pdf's with all necessary info.

So far, over 6,000 children have completed the program. It is our hope the kids will continue on after the program with conservation and ecological efforts of their own.

Additional interpretive materials are provided to teachers and students when they visit our garden. These are designed to further educate people about environmental relationships and how plants adapt based on the changes in their environment.