Welcome to the blog area focused on Cascadia College’s Cornucopia Food Forest and various outdoor area projects! Cascadia focuses on permaculture management, connecting to reduced impacts and providing opportunities for learning and integration for students and the public visiting our campus grounds!
Below find out more about our Outdoor Areas:
- The Food Forest – “Cascadia’s Cornucopia”
- The Campus 58-Acre Restored Wetland
- Farm and Growing Areas
- Outdoor Research and Service Projects
Recent Blogs! Read what was published on campus outdoors lately!
In Season: Black Huckleberry
written by Bachelor of Applied Science in Sustainable Practices student Carter Jones Campus Delight: Discover the Bountiful Black Huckleberry Season! 🌿🍇 Get ready to embark on a delicious adventure as we dive into the world of black huckleberries, their vibrant history, where to find them, and how you can savor these tiny treats. Don’t miss…
Student Internships: Stormwater Sampling and research
Student story on wetland stormwater sampling – and their experience learning about it on our campus!
Sustainable Elements of Campus Fall 2023 edition
Welcome back to campus for our Fall 2023 quarter! The sustainability committee would like to share updates and reminders, and showcase our campus efforts for new employees and students!
Food Forest – Cascadia’s Cornucopia!
Here you can learn about Cascadia’s Food Forest – open to you to freely enjoy and pick!
In the links below you’ll see how and when to harvest fruit and berries and what is growing in our food forest! The Cornucopia features plants from different parts of the world, many you may be unfamiliar with! In order to maintain a healthy bounty it is important to know the proper way to harvest each one, and how to prepare, so there’s recipes throughout also, please pick with care and be mindful of what your harvest for your own health and others’ access.
Click on the links below to start harvesting!
Cornucopia Food Forest History!
2021 Food Forest Updates
2020 Archives
Spring and summer local food guide series!
In Season: Black Huckleberries 11.12.23 // Persimmon 11.23.20 // Jujube 10.26.20 // Catnip 10.19.20 // Chinese Hawthorn 9.28.20 // Asian Pear 9.15.20 // Zucchini 8.31.20 // Cornelian Cherry 8.25.20 // Local Markets 8.17.20 // Blueberries 8.10.20 // Salal 7.27.20 // Chokeberries 7.20.20 // Mulberries! 7.13.20 // Goumi and Goji 6.29.20 // Strawberries 6.22.20 //
Spring and summer gardens 6.15.20
2018-2019 Archives
7.2.19 – Newsletter covering the Goumi and Gooseberries!
“A Food Forest Grows in Bothell” – Swanson’s Nursery Blog
2016 Archives
ROBBY & WINTER CARE 1.27.16 // TYSON & GARLIC 3.16.16 // Earth Week in the Food Forest 2016 4.14.16
2014 & 2015 Food Growing Archives
CHESTNUT 12.2.15 // VIOLA 10.7.15 // PRIMROSE 10.28.15 // CORN 9.2.15 // YARROW 9.9.15 // SUNFLOWERS 9.23.15 // PARSLEY 9.30.15 //
CORNELIAN CHERRY 8.5.15 // BROCCOLI 8.12.15 // CHOKEBERRY 8.18.15 // CATNIP 8.26.15 // CALENDULA recipe & CHAMOMILE 7.1.15 // ONIONS 7.29.15 // KALE 6.25.15 // Native plants on campus 4.16.15 //
Edible Roots 6.12.14
Campus 58-Acre Restored Wetland
Follow various journeys below as researchers, instructors, students, and lab techs venture into and discover our campus’ 58-acre restored wetland!
History of the Wetland: Blog 7.6.2020 // Watch the campus Video!
Wetland Ecology and the Mo Lab 2.12.2020
Wetland Day: Celebrate Wetlands on Campus on May 25, 2018
Ecosphere Project in Cascadia Labs- Learn what an Ecosphere is!
Ecosphere Series #1: Welcome to the Ecospheres 6.10.20
Ecosphere Series #2: Fish and Scuba Diving Bugs 6.29.20
Ecosphere Series #3: Destruction and Chaos – the Oxygen Cycle 8.3.20
Ecosphere Series #4/5: Microscopic Makeup 8.26.20
Ecosphere Series 6: Student’s Showcase – cyanobacteria, and microscopic animals!
Campus Farm and Growing Areas
Our Campus farm is part of our campus’ greater initiative in permaculture management – allowing the community to harvest for free, and come plant and learn about growing food! Explore your own local food options, and read how Cascadia and UWB work together to have an edible landscape!
2020 State of the Campus Farm Report 2.2.21
The 2019 State of the Campus Farm Report 5.4.20
2020 Fall Harvest Campus Video
Outdoor Research and Service Projects
Here you’ll find blogs on various other outdoor projects, both service and research. Students do capstones projects, researchers study birds (crows) and bees, right here at Cascadia/UWB!
Bee Pollinator Research
Researching Bees on our Campus 7.2.19 // Launch of the CCUWBee Research Initiative – 6.26.17
BASSP Student Capstones:
Truly House Demonstration Rain Garden 5.29.19
Integrate It! 