The entry and seating circle at the Urban Farm at University of Oregon Eugene

…(where I gave my lecture tonight as a part of the annual student organized HOPES conference) is both a very popular curricular program (filling up in an hour and going to waiting list each term it is offered), and an amazing two acre space on campus (with vegetable and herb gardens, fruit tree orchards, an extensive composting system, a straw bale gathering circle, and even a bee hive) which was established 29 years ago, and now an integral part of the culture of the University, some students come here just for it, and this from the Urban Farm website:

There are usually 80 people at the Farm in the class, so we divide the class into 6 groups of a team leader and about 13 students. The main Farm area around the circle is divided into six areas, so that every group has a ‘home’ place in the heart of the farm. The idea is to share the responsibility for the beds and to work together as a team in planning and working. Saturday sessions work on the common areas of the farm: the circle, ‘the back 40’, the orchards, the composting area, the raspberries, the herb beds, and the greenhouse.