Enchanted minds, empowered hands: Reflections from an urban food garden

Deborah Dutta

The Ecological Citizen Vol 7 No 1 2024: 35–42 [epub-096]

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Abstract

Reflecting on a terrace-farming project facilitated in an urban school, how students encountered moments of 'enchantment' through sensory interactions with the plants is explored. Illustrative examples are used to show the primacy of unmediated, direct experiences in natural surroundings as a core part of nurturing an ecocentric sensitivity.

Keywords

Agriculture, Education