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Meet Our Summer Camp Directors!

Summer camp at CNGF is still going on until August 7th! One day sign-ups are available for $75 per day with weekly pricing available on the website at http://middlebrookcenter.com/elsee/events/category/camp/. Camp is offered in morning and afternoon sections with mornings including lunch. Come and experience a STEAM education, sustainability, and the environment in a native California garden! […]

Downtown College Prep gets a new teaching garden

Progress Update:   January 16 2014,  ELSEE Garden for the Environmental Science class at Downtown College Prep                 Ojan Mobedshahi is working with students in the Environmental Science class at Downtown College Prep to transform their land into an “ELSEE” model garden.  The final result will introduce California native […]

To filter or not to filter

This week the aquaponics team gave our system at the Middlebrook Center’s ELSEE Garden an upgrade by turning one of our IBC grow beds into a combination solids settling tank and a gravel bio-filter. The gravel prevents solids from entering the floating raft beds (solids can absorb precious oxygen). Simultaneously, the gravel provides lots of […]