Lisa Kurstin

Lisa Kurstin is the Manager of Education Programs for Descanso Gardens as well as Los Angeles County and has provided well-developed opportunities for students of all ages. She offers educational programming at the Harvest Garden established by volunteers in 1964 to provide developmentally disabled children a once-per-week outdoors experience with plants, gardening and nature studies, and education for school children who visit Descanso Gardens on field trips. She is deeply committed to education that is lively, experiential, exploratory, expressive…but always based in the context of the Garden.
 

This award is in recognition of your innovation and commitment to innovative educational offerings at Descanso Gardens, and for bringing the mystery and wonder of plants to the core of children’s experience.