About The Outback Farm
The Outback is a joint program of Fairhaven College and the Associated Students of Western Washington University. Founded in 1972, the Outback Farm is a five acre student-run site at the south end of Fairhaven College which teaches, develops and implements sustainable growing and land use methods in order to enrich the student body, the University, and the Bellingham community.
...Read more about the history of the Outback.
...See the Associate Students Outback website for more information.
L.E.A.D.
The L.E.A.D. porgram (Learning, Environment, Action, Discovery) connects the Bellingham community, Western Washington University students, and the Bellingham School Districts through environmental service learning projects. Currently, L.E.A.D. is working on a stream restoration project.
The Amphitheatre
Students began designing and building the Outback Amphitheatre to be a performance stage, located at the Southeast end of the Outback Farm.
Go check it out, the goal is to be finished near the end of Spring Quarter, 2009!
The Gardens
The Outback gardens are maintained and coordinated entirely by students. There are four main garden projects:
The Community Garden, the Market Garden, the Herb Garden, and the Forest Garden.
Outback Partners:
Press on The Outback:
Map
The Outback is located on the south end of Western's campus between Fairhaven Dorms and Buchanan Towers.
Come visit the Gardens!
Work-study positions
There are work-study positions available to students who wish to work on the Outback Farm. Contact Kathy Hutchinson for more details.
The Outback is an approved Americorps Students in Service site.
